Critical 9.3Published Mar 11, 2026

CVE-2026-31856Parse Server has a SQL injection via `Increment` operation on nested object field in PostgreSQL

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the PostgreSQL storage adapter when processing Increment operations on nested object fields using dot notation (e.g., stats.counter). The amount value is interpolated directly into the SQL query without parameterization or type validation. An attacker who can send write requests to the Parse Server REST API can inject arbitrary SQL subqueries to read any data from the database, bypassing CLPs and ACLs. MongoDB deployments are not affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.6.0-alpha.3 and 8.6.29.

CVSS: 9.3 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-89
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Mar 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

parse-community parse-server parse_community:parse_server (from the name)	from 9.0.0 < 9.6.0-alpha.3; before 8.6.29	CNA record
parseplatform parse-server parseplatform:parse-server	before 8.6.29; from 9.0.0 before 9.6.0; 9.6.0; 9.6.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q3vj-96h2-gwvg	x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.29	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.6.0-alpha.3	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes

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