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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2026· Updated Mar 20, 2026

Parse Server session creation endpoint allows overwriting server-generated session fields

CVE-2026-32742

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.6.0-alpha.17 and 8.6.42, an authenticated user can overwrite server-generated session fields (sessionToken, expiresAt, createdWith) when creating a session object via POST /classes/_Session. This allows bypassing the server's session expiration policy by setting an arbitrary far-future expiration date. It also allows setting a predictable session token value. Starting in version 9.6.0-alpha.17 and 8.6.42, the session creation endpoint filters out server-generated fields from user-supplied data, preventing them from being overwritten. As a workaround, add a beforeSave trigger on the _Session class to validate and reject or strip any user-supplied values for sessionToken, expiresAt, and createdWith.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
parse-servernpm
>= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.179.6.0-alpha.17
parse-servernpm
< 8.6.428.6.42

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