Persistent sessions via unfiltered server-controlled fields
Published Mar 18, 2026 · Updated Mar 18, 2026
Session-field injection in Parse Server before 8.6.42 and 9.0.0 through 9.6.0-alpha.16 allows remote authenticated users to extend sessions. RestWrite.prototype.handleSession copied client-supplied sessionToken, expiresAt, and createdWith values into additionalSessionData instead of excluding them as server-controlled keys. Any authenticated account could set a far-future expiration or predictable token for its new session, preserving access beyond the server's intended lifetime.
Summary
What happened
Session-field injection in Parse Server before 8.6.42 and 9.0.0 through 9.6.0-alpha.16 allows remote authenticated users to extend sessions. RestWrite.prototype.handleSession copied client-supplied sessionToken, expiresAt, and createdWith values into additionalSessionData instead of excluding them as server-controlled keys. Any authenticated account could set a far-future expiration or predictable token for its new session, preserving access beyond the server's intended lifetime.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32742
- Published
- Mar 18, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Parse Platform
- Product
- Parse Server
- Classifications
- CWE-915
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 8.6.42
- Affected versionversion=>= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.17
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