Headline
CVE-2022-31089
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.
Invalid file request can crash server
Package
npm parse-server (npm)
Affected versions
(<4.10.12) || (>=5.0.0 <5.2.3)
Patched versions
(>=4.10.12 <5.0.0) || (>=5.2.3)
Description
Impact
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 a single instance without redundancy, the availability impact may be high.
Patches
To prevent this, invalid requests are now properly handled.
Workarounds
None
References
- GHSA-xw6g-jjvf-wwf9
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server
For more information
- For questions or comments about this vulnerability visit our community forum or community chat
- Report other vulnerabilities at report.parseplatform.org
Related news
### Impact 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 a single instance without redundancy, the availability impact may be high. ### Patches To prevent this, invalid requests are now properly handled. ### Workarounds None ### References - https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-xw6g-jjvf-wwf9 - https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server ### For more information - For questions or comments about this vulnerability visit our [community forum](http://community.parseplatform.org/) or [community chat](http://chat.parseplatform.org/) - Report other vulnerabilities at [report.parseplatform.org](https://report.parseplatform.org/)