CVE-2022-39396 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-39396

Parse Server vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution in MongoDB BSON parser

Vulnerability Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Versions prior to 4.10.18, and prior to 5.3.1 on the 5.X branch, are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via prototype pollution. An attacker can use this prototype pollution sink to trigger a remote code execution through the MongoDB BSON parser. This issue is patched in version 5.3.1 and in 4.10.18. There are no known workarounds.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

parse-community

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Affected Software

parse-server
Vulnerable Versions:
< 4.10.18, >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 10th, 2022
Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1321

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.