Authentication bypass via cross-provider OAuth2 state race
Published Mar 12, 2026 · Updated Mar 12, 2026
Authentication bypass in Parse Server before 8.6.37 and 9.0.0 through 9.6.0-alpha.10 allows remote attackers to access accounts. The built-in OAuth2 adapter reuses one mutable singleton across provider configurations, so concurrent validation can run with another provider's policy. The flaw requires multiple providers configured with oauth2: true and overlapping login requests; a token rejected by its intended policy can be accepted.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Parse Server before 8.6.37 and 9.0.0 through 9.6.0-alpha.10 allows remote attackers to access accounts. The built-in OAuth2 adapter reuses one mutable singleton across provider configurations, so concurrent validation can run with another provider's policy. The flaw requires multiple providers configured with oauth2: true and overlapping login requests; a token rejected by its intended policy can be accepted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32242
- Published
- Mar 12, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Parse Platform
- Product
- Parse Server
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 8.6.37
- Affected versionversion=>= 9.0.0 < 9.6.0-alpha.11
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