# CVE-2026-34595: Parse Server: LiveQuery protected-field guard bypass via array-like logical operator value

- Also known as: GHSA-MMG8-87C5-JRC2, BIT-PARSE-2026-34595
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.6.70, 9.7.0-alpha.18, 9.7.0-alpha.16
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-03-31

## Affected

- parse-community parse-server: fixed in 8.6.70; from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.7.0-alpha.18
- parse-server (npm): from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.7.0-alpha.16
- parse-server (npm): fixed in 8.6.70

## Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.70 and 9.7.0-alpha.18, an authenticated user with find class-level permission can bypass the protectedFields class-level permission setting on LiveQuery subscriptions. By sending a subscription with a $or, $and, or $nor operator value as a plain object with numeric keys and a length property (an "array-like" object) instead of an array, the protected-field guard is bypassed. The subscription event firing acts as a binary oracle, allowing the attacker to infer whether a protected field matches a given test value. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.70 and 9.7.0-alpha.18.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on parse-community parse-server, parse-server, upgrade to a fixed version (8.6.70, 9.7.0-alpha.18, 9.7.0-alpha.16) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-mmg8-87c5-jrc2
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10350
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10351
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/f63fd1a3fe0a7c1c5fe809f01b0e04759e8c9b98
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/ffad0ec6b971ee0dd9545e1bf1fb34ddebf275c2

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