GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-75v4-m273-5j49 parse-server: Endpoints `/login` and `/verifyPassword` disclose MFA secrets and protected fields when `_User` get is denied
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-53725
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- parse-server
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-19
Affected packages
• npm parse-server: >= 9.8.0, < 9.9.1-alpha.5 → fixed in 9.9.1-alpha.5
Description
Impact
Apps that enable MFA and deny `get` on the `_User` class via Class-Level Permissions could expose sensitive user data through the `/login` and `/verifyPassword` endpoints.
These endpoints re-fetch the user through the access-controlled query pipeline (CLP, `protectedFields`, auth-adapter sanitizers) before responding. When that re-fetch was denied by the `_User` `get` permission, the server fell back to the raw database row, exposing raw `authData` (including MFA TOTP secrets and recovery codes) and fields hidden by `protectedFields` (when `protectedFieldsOwnerExempt` is `false`).
`/verifyPassword` is the most severe: with only a username and password (no session or MFA token), an attacker who knows a victim's password could retrieve their MFA secret and recovery codes, defeating the second factor.
Only Parse Server 9.8.0 and later are affected; 8.x and earlier are not. Master and maintenance key requests are unaffected, as they bypass these controls by design.
Patches
On a denied re-fetch, `/login` and `/verifyPassword` no longer fall back to the raw row; they return only the user's identity (plus the session token for `/login`). Master and maintenance key callers still receive the full record.
Workarounds
None that preserve the intended `_User` `get` restriction. Upgrade to a patched version.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-53725 Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness