High severity · published Jun 27, 2022
CVE-2022-31089
Invalid file request can crashe parse-server
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In affected versions certain types of invalid files requests are not handled properly and can crash the server. If you are running multiple Parse Server instances in a cluster, the availability impact may be low; if you are running Parse Server as single instance without redundancy, the availability impact may be high. This issue has been addressed in versions 4.10.12 and 5.2.3. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
parse-server · parse-community
< 4.10.12; >=5.0.0, < 5.2.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31089
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31089
Patch
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5be375dec2fa35425c1003ae81c55995ac72af92
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-xw6g-jjvf-wwf9
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