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CVE-2024-29027: Parse Server crash and RCE via invalid Cloud Function or Cloud Job name

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 6.5.5 and 7.0.0-alpha.29, calling an invalid Parse Server Cloud Function name or Cloud Job name crashes the server and may allow for code injection, internal store manipulation or remote code execution. The patch in versions 6.5.5 and 7.0.0-alpha.29 added string sanitation for Cloud Function name and Cloud Job name. As a workaround, sanitize the Cloud Function name and Cloud Job name before it reaches Parse Server.

Affected products

• parse-community parse-server: before 6.5.5; 7.0.0-alpha1, 7.0.0-alpha10, 7.0.0-alpha11, 7.0.0-alpha12, 7.0.0-alpha13, 7.0.0-alpha14 (+22) — fixed in 6.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: parse-community parse-server 6.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5ae6d6a36d75c4511029f0ba5673ae4b2999179b
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/9f6e3429d3b326cf4e2994733c618d08032fac6e
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.5.5
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/7.0.0-alpha.29
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6hh7-46r2-vf29
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5ae6d6a36d75c4511029f0ba5673ae4b2999179b
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/9f6e3429d3b326cf4e2994733c618d08032fac6e
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.5.5
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/7.0.0-alpha.29
• https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-6hh7-46r2-vf29

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