CVE-2026-31800

Parse Server: Classes `_GraphQLConfig` and `_Audience` master key bypass via generic class routes

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 8.8
EPSS: EPSS 0.35 % · percentile 28 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2026-03-10
Updated: 2026-03-11
Assigner: GitHub_M
NVD status: Analyzed

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.12 and 8.6.25, the _GraphQLConfig and _Audience internal classes can be read, modified, and deleted via the generic /classes/_GraphQLConfig and /classes/_Audience REST API routes without master key authentication. This bypasses the master key enforcement that exists on the dedicated /graphql-config and /push_audiences endpoints. An attacker can read, modify and delete GraphQL configuration and push audience data. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.12 and 8.6.25.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M
CVSS 4.0	HIGH 8.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X	NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	CRITICAL 9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-862

Advisories

GHSA-7xg7-rqf6-pw6c — Parse Server: Classes `_GraphQLConfig` and `_Audience` master key bypass via generic class routes

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-10888
GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-31800

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* < 8.6.25
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* ≥ 9.0.0 < 9.5.2
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha10:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha11:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha7:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha8:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.2:alpha9:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
parse-community · parse-server	affected >= 9.0.0 < 9.5.2-alpha.12 ; affected < 8.6.25

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD