# CVE-2026-27608: Parse Dashboard Missing Authorization on Agent Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-CVWJ-6C9H-JG6V
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.0-alpha.8
- Published: 2026-02-25 · Updated: 2026-02-25

## Affected

- parse-community parse-dashboard: from 7.3.0-alpha.42, fixed in 9.0.0-alpha.8
- parse-dashboard (npm): from 7.3.0-alpha.42, fixed in 9.0.0-alpha.8

## Description

Parse Dashboard is a standalone dashboard for managing Parse Server apps. In versions 7.3.0-alpha.42 through 9.0.0-alpha.7, the AI Agent API endpoint (`POST /apps/:appId/agent`) does not enforce authorization. Authenticated users scoped to specific apps can access any other app's agent endpoint by changing the app ID in the URL. Read-only users are given the full master key instead of the read-only master key and can supply write permissions in the request body to perform write and delete operations. Only dashboards with `agent` configuration enabled are affected. The fix in version 9.0.0-alpha.8 adds per-app authorization checks and restricts read-only users to the `readOnlyMasterKey` with write permissions stripped server-side. As a workaround, remove the `agent` configuration block from your dashboard configuration. Dashboards without an `agent` config are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-dashboard, parse-dashboard, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0.0-alpha.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/releases/tag/9.0.0-alpha.8

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