CVE-2026-33538CWE-400

Parse Server: Denial of service via unindexed database query for unconfigured auth providers

High · published March 24, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.6
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 versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52, an unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service by sending authentication requests with arbitrary, unconfigured provider names. The server executes a database query for each unconfigured provider before rejecting the request, and since no database index exists for unconfigured providers, each request triggers a full collection scan on the user database. This can be parallelized to saturate database resources. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00783 · 55.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-03-24T18:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAR 18:24Z
    Parse Server: Denial of service via unindexed database query for unconfigured auth providers
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