CVE-2022-41879

criticalpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.88% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In versions prior to 5.3.3 or 4.10.20, a compromised Parse Server Cloud Code Webhook target endpoint allows an attacker to use prototype pollution to bypass the Parse Server `requestKeywordDenylist` option. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.3 and 4.10.20. There are no known workarounds.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.2–9.8

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1321USprimaryCWE-1321US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

parse-community parse-server≤ < 4.10.20enisa_euvdEU
parse-community parse-server5.0.0, → 5.3.3enisa_euvdEU
parseplatform parse-server< 4.10.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
parseplatform parse-server5.0.0 → 5.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:parseplatform:parse-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami parse< 4.10.20osvUSpkg:bitnami/parse
Bitnami parse5.0.0 → 5.3.3osvUSpkg:bitnami/parse
npm parse-server< 4.10.20osvUSpkg:npm/parse-server
npm parse-server5.0.0 → 5.3.3osvUSpkg:npm/parse-server

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-93vw-8fm5-p2jfParse Server is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via Cloud Code Webhooks2022-11-10ghsa · osvUS
### Impact A compromised Parse Server Cloud Code Webhook target endpoint allows an attacker to use prototype pollution to bypass the Parse Server `requestKeywordDenylist` option. ### Patches Improved keyword detection. ### Workarounds None. ### Collaborators Mikhail Shcherbakov, Cristian-Alexandru Staicu and Musard Balliu working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative ### References - https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-93vw-8fm5-p2jf
BIT-parse-2022-41879Parse Server subject to Prototype pollution via Cloud Code Webhooks2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In versions prior to 5.3.3 or 4.10.20, a compromised Parse Server Cloud Code Webhook target endpoint allows an attacker to use prototype pollution to bypass the Parse Server `requestKeywordDenylist` option. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.3 and 4.10.20. There are no known workarounds.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-11-10modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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