High severity · published Mar 9, 2026
CVE-2026-30925
Parse Server affected by Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via `$regex` query in LiveQuery
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PA
parse-server · parse-community
>= 9.0.0 < 9.5.0-alpha.14; < 8.6.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30925
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-30925
Product
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.11
Product
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.5.0-alpha.14
Mitigation
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-mf3j-86qx-cq5j
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