GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-pfj7-wv7c-22pr Parse Server has an auth provider validation bypass on login via partial authData
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-33409
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- parse-server
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-19
Affected packages
• npm parse-server: >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.41 → fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.41
• npm parse-server: < 8.6.52 → fixed in 8.6.52
Description
Impact
An authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker to log in as any user who has linked a third-party authentication provider, without knowing the user's credentials. The attacker only needs to know the user's provider ID to gain full access to their account, including a valid session token.
This affects Parse Server deployments where the server option `allowExpiredAuthDataToken` is set to `true`. The default value is `false`.
Patches
Auth providers are now always validated on login, regardless of the `allowExpiredAuthDataToken` setting. The option `allowExpiredAuthDataToken` has been deprecated and will be removed in a future major version.
Workarounds
Set `allowExpiredAuthDataToken` to `false` (the default) or remove the option from the server configuration.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-33409 Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-pfj7-wv7c-22pr web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33409 advisory
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10246 web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10247 web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/8d7df5639c4a35768fe8b78b4580b30e8a74721c web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/98f4ba5bcf2c199bfe6225f672e8edcd08ba732d web
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server package