CVE-2026-116164 Parse Server 9.0.0 before 9.10.4-alpha.3 Reserved Field Name Injection via Object Writes
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-116164?
CVE-2026-116164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in parse-community parse-server, published on 25 Oct 2026.
Official description
Parse Server before 8.6.100 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.4-alpha.3 does not reject reserved internal field names in client object writes, allowing clients to store or clear internal fields. Attackers can write a reserved field that makes reads of an object fail on MongoDB, disrupting queries on that class for all users, or clear their own account lockout state and password history to bypass lockout and password policies.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116164?
How do I fix CVE-2026-116164?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116164 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-116164 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116164 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-72vc-8x23-f92c, GHSA-gwrq-q25v-g8mr.