CVE-2020-26288
mediumpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package "parse-server". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4–7.7
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3Parse Server stores password in plain text2020-12-28ghsa · osvUS
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.
- BIT-parse-2020-26288Parse Server stores password in plain text2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. It is an npm package "parse-server". In Parse Server before version 4.5.0, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed in version 4.5.0 by stripping password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.
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references (14)
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- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92acnnvd
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-parse-server-privilege-escalation-via-Plain-Text-Password-34228cnnvd
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-servercnnvd
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0enisa_euvd
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