Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4, the readOnlyMasterKey can call POST /loginAs to obtain a valid session token for any user. This allows a read-only credential to impersonate arbitrary users with full read and write access to their data. Any Parse Server deployment that uses readOnlyMasterKey is affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-79wj-8rqv-jvp5 | parse-server's endpoint `/loginAs` allows `readOnlyMasterKey` to gain full read and write access as any user |
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Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4, the readOnlyMasterKey can call POST /loginAs to obtain a valid session token for any user. This allows a read-only credential to impersonate arbitrary users with full read and write access to their data. Any Parse Server deployment that uses readOnlyMasterKey is affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4. | |
| Title | Parse Server: Endpoint `/loginAs` allows `readOnlyMasterKey` to gain full read and write access as any user | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-06T20:26:53.787Z
Reserved: 2026-03-04T17:23:59.797Z
Link: CVE-2026-30229
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-06T21:16:16.920
Modified: 2026-03-06T21:16:16.920
Link: CVE-2026-30229
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