{"id":"GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6","summary":"Parse Server vulnerable to remote code execution via MongoDB BSON parser through prototype pollution","details":"### Impact\n\nAn attacker can use this prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser.\n\n### Patches\n\nPrevent prototype pollution in MongoDB database adapter.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nDisable remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser.\n\n### Credits\n\n- Discovered by hir0ot working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative\n- Fixed by dbythy\n- Reviewed by mtrezza\n\n### References\n\n- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6\n- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-prm5-8g2m-24gg\n\n","aliases":["BIT-parse-2023-36475","CVE-2023-36475"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:01.804874589Z","published":"2023-06-30T20:41:43Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-1321"],"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-06-30T20:41:43Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-06-28T23:15:21Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36475"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8674"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/8675"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/3dd99dd80e27e5e1d99b42844180546d90c7aa90"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/5fad2928fb8ee17304abcdcf259932f827d8c81f"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/5.5.2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/6.2.1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"parse-server","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/parse-server"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.5.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/06/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6.json"}},{"package":{"name":"parse-server","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/parse-server"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"6.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/06/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6/GHSA-462x-c3jw-7vr6.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}