CVE-2026-30925CWE-1333

Parse Server affected by Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via `$regex` query in LiveQuery

High · published March 9, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11, a malicious client can subscribe to a LiveQuery with a crafted $regex pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. This makes the entire Parse Server unresponsive, affecting all clients. Any Parse Server deployment with LiveQuery enabled is affected. The attacker only needs the application ID and JavaScript key, both of which are public in client-side apps. This only affects LiveQuery subscription matching, which evaluates regex in JavaScript on the Node.js event loop. Normal REST and GraphQL queries are not affected because their regex is evaluated by the database engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00633 · 49.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2026-03-09T23:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAR 23:01Z
    Parse Server affected by Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via `$regex` query in LiveQuery
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