GHSA-wjqw-r9x4-j59v

Parse Server affected by empty authData bypassing credential requirement on signup

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2026-33042
Aliases
BIT-parse-2026-33042
CVSS_V4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

### Impact A user can sign up without providing credentials by sending an empty `authData` object, bypassing the username and password requirement. This allows the creation of authenticated sessions without proper credentials, even when anonymous users are disabled. ### Patches The fix ensures that empty or non-actionable `authData` is treated the same as absent `authData` for the purpose of credential validation on new user creation. Username and password are now required when no valid auth provider data is present. ### Workarounds Use a Cloud Code `beforeSave` trigger on the `_User` class to reject signups where `authData` is empty and no username/password is provided.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
npm · parse-serverintroduced 9.0.0, fixed 9.6.0-alpha.29
npm · parse-serverintroduced 0, fixed 8.6.49

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database