CVE-2026-30925 [High] | Denial of Service in Parse-Server

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11, a malicious client can subscribe to a LiveQuery with a crafted $regex pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. This makes the entire Parse Server unresponsive, affecting all clients. Any Parse Server deployment with LiveQuery enabled is affected. The attacker only needs the application ID and JavaScript key, both of which are public in client-side apps. This only affects LiveQuery subscription matching, which evaluates regex in JavaScript on the Node.js event loop. Normal REST and GraphQL queries are not affected because their regex is evaluated by the database engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-03-10	—	0.01%	—

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2026-03-10

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.2	4.0	HIGH	`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network. Attack complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable. Attack requirements (AT:P) Additional preconditions must be present for exploitation. Privileges required (PR:N) No privileges are required. User interaction (UI:N) No user interaction is required. Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N) No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system. Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N) No integrity impact on the vulnerable system. Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H) High availability impact on the vulnerable system. Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N) No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems. Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N) No integrity impact on subsequent systems. Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N) No availability impact on subsequent systems. Exploit maturity (threat) (E:X) Not defined: no reliable threat intelligence; scoring assumes the worst case (equivalent to Attacked). Confidentiality requirement (CR:X) Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case). Integrity requirement (IR:X) Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case). Availability requirement (AR:X) Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case). Modified attack vector (MAV:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV). Modified attack complexity (MAC:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC). Modified attack requirements (MAT:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT). Modified privileges required (MPR:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR). Modified user interaction (MUI:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI). Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric. Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric. Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric. Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric. Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric. Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X) Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric. Safety (supplemental) (S:X) Not evaluated. Automatable (supplemental) (AU:X) Not evaluated. Recovery (supplemental) (R:X) Not evaluated. Value density (supplemental) (V:X) Not evaluated. Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:X) Not evaluated. Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:X) Not evaluated.	—	—	[email protected]
7.5	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	3.9	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.2

4.0

HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:P): Additional preconditions must be present for exploitation.
Privileges required (PR:N): No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N): No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N): No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N): No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H): High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N): No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N): No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N): No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:X): Not defined: no reliable threat intelligence; scoring assumes the worst case (equivalent to Attacked).
Confidentiality requirement (CR:X): Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Integrity requirement (IR:X): Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Availability requirement (AR:X): Not defined: insufficient information; scoring treats this like High (worst case).
Modified attack vector (MAV:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Vector (AV).
Modified attack complexity (MAC:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Complexity (AC).
Modified attack requirements (MAT:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base Attack Requirements (AT).
Modified privileges required (MPR:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base Privileges Required (PR).
Modified user interaction (MUI:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base User Interaction (UI).
Modified vulnerable system confidentiality impact (MVC:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base VC metric.
Modified vulnerable system integrity impact (MVI:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base VI metric.
Modified vulnerable system availability impact (MVA:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base VA metric.
Modified subsequent system confidentiality impact (MSC:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base SC metric.
Modified subsequent system integrity impact (MSI:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base SI metric.
Modified subsequent system availability impact (MSA:X): Not defined: scoring uses the Base SA metric.
Safety (supplemental) (S:X): Not evaluated.
Automatable (supplemental) (AU:X): Not evaluated.
Recovery (supplemental) (R:X): Not evaluated.
Value density (supplemental) (V:X): Not evaluated.
Vulnerability response effort (supplemental) (RE:X): Not evaluated.
Provider urgency (supplemental) (U:X): Not evaluated.

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[email protected]

7.5

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

3.9

3.6

[email protected]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-30925

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
parseplatform	parse-server	< 8.6.11	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server::::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	>= 9.0.0, < 9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server::::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha1::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha10::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha11::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha12::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha13::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha2::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha3::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha4::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha5::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha6::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha7::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha8::::node.js::*
parseplatform	parse-server	9.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:9.5.0:alpha9::::node.js::*

References for CVE-2026-30925

URL	Tags
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.11	Product Release Notes
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.0-alpha.14	Product Release Notes
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-mf3j-86qx-cq5j	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

URL

CVE-2026-30925 | Parse Server affected by Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via `$regex` query in LiveQuery

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-30925

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-30925

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-30925

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-30925

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-30925

References for CVE-2026-30925