# CVE-2026-30949: Parse Server is missing audience validation in Keycloak authentication adapter

- Also known as: GHSA-48MH-J4P5-7J9V, BIT-PARSE-2026-30949
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.6.18, 9.5.2-alpha.5
- Published: 2026-03-10 · Updated: 2026-03-10

## Affected

- parse-community parse-server: fixed in 8.6.18
- parse-server (npm): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.5
- parse-server (npm): fixed in 8.6.18

## Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.2-alpha.5 and 8.6.18, the Keycloak authentication adapter does not validate the azp (authorized party) claim of Keycloak access tokens against the configured client-id. A valid access token issued by the same Keycloak realm for a different client application can be used to authenticate as any user on the Parse Server that uses the Keycloak adapter. This enables cross-application account takeover in multi-client Keycloak realms. All Parse Server deployments that use the Keycloak authentication adapter with a Keycloak realm that has multiple client applications are affected. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.2-alpha.5 and 8.6.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-server, parse-server, upgrade to a fixed version (8.6.18, 9.5.2-alpha.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-48mh-j4p5-7j9v
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.18
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.2-alpha.5

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