# CVE-2026-27609: Parse Dashboard Missing CSRF Protection on Agent Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-3534-XP88-25RC
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.0-alpha.8
- Published: 2026-02-25 · Updated: 2026-02-27

## 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`) lacks CSRF protection. An attacker can craft a malicious page that, when visited by an authenticated dashboard user, submits requests to the agent endpoint using the victim's session. The fix in version 9.0.0-alpha.8 adds CSRF middleware to the agent endpoint and embeds a CSRF token in the dashboard page. 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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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-3534-xp88-25rc
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/releases/tag/9.0.0-alpha.8

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