# CVE-2026-30938: Parse Server has denylist \`requestKeywordDenylist\` keyword scan bypass through nested object placement

- Also known as: GHSA-Q342-9W2P-57FP, BIT-PARSE-2026-30938
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.6.12, 9.5.1-alpha.1
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- parse-community parse-server: fixed in 8.6.12
- parse-server (npm): fixed in 8.6.12
- parse-server (npm): from 9.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 9.5.1-alpha.1

## Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1, the requestKeywordDenylist security control can be bypassed by placing any nested object or array before a prohibited keyword in the request payload. This is caused by a logic bug that stops scanning sibling keys after encountering the first nested value. Any custom requestKeywordDenylist entries configured by the developer are equally by-passable using the same technique. All Parse Server deployments are affected. The requestKeywordDenylist is enabled by default. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.6.12 and 9.5.1-alpha.1. Use a Cloud Code beforeSave trigger to validate incoming data for prohibited keywords across all classes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-server, parse-server, upgrade to a fixed version (8.6.12, 9.5.1-alpha.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-q342-9w2p-57fp
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.12
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.1-alpha.1

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