Security Advisory: Injection Vulnerability in Parse Server Prior to Versions 6.5.5 and 7.0.0-alpha.29

CVE-2024-29027

What is CVE-2024-29027?

Parse Server, an open-source backend platform compatible with Node.js, has a vulnerability that allows an attacker to crash the server by calling an invalid Cloud Function or Cloud Job name. This issue, present in releases earlier than versions 6.5.5 and 7.0.0-alpha.29, poses risks including code injection and unauthorized manipulation of the internal store, potentially leading to remote execution of malicious code. The recent patches introduced in versions 6.5.5 and 7.0.0-alpha.29 include string sanitation measures designed to prevent such attacks. It is advised that users sanitize Cloud Function names and Job names before processing them in Parse Server to mitigate the threat effectively.

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