GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-6r2j-cxgf-495f Parse Server vulnerable to session token exfiltration via `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-30965
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- parse-server
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-11
Affected packages
• npm parse-server: >= 9.0.0-alpha.1, < 9.5.2-alpha.8 → fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.8
• npm parse-server: < 8.6.21 → fixed in 8.6.21
Description
Impact
A vulnerability in Parse Server's query handling allows an authenticated or unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate session tokens of other users by exploiting the `redirectClassNameForKey` query parameter. Exfiltrated session tokens can be used to take over user accounts.
The vulnerability requires the attacker to be able to create or update an object with a new relation field, which depends on the Class-Level Permissions of at least one class.
Patches
The fix applies the same security checks that normally protect class access after the query redirect, ensuring that queries redirected via `redirectClassNameForKey` are subject to the same restrictions as direct queries to the target class.
Workarounds
Set restrictive Class-Level Permissions to prevent clients from creating new fields on classes, specifically by disabling `addField` for public access and unauthenticated users. Note that this limits client functionality and does not fully eliminate the risk if a relation field pointing to a protected class already exists in the schema.
References
• GitHub security advisory: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6r2j-cxgf-495f
• Fix Parse Server 9: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.8
• Fix Parse Server 8: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.21
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-30965 Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6r2j-cxgf-495f web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30965 advisory
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server package
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.21 web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.8 web