Account takeover via empty LDAP password
Published Sep 9, 2026 · Updated Sep 9, 2026
Authentication bypass in Parse Server before 8.6.88 and 9.0.0 through 9.10.1-alpha.6 allows remote attackers to take over LDAP accounts. The built-in LDAP adapter forwards an empty client password into a simple bind and treats the directory's anonymous-success response as authenticated. Exploitation requires the LDAP adapter, a known directory username, and a directory that accepts unauthenticated simple binds; success issues a session token for that account.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Parse Server before 8.6.88 and 9.0.0 through 9.10.1-alpha.6 allows remote attackers to take over LDAP accounts. The built-in LDAP adapter forwards an empty client password into a simple bind and treats the directory's anonymous-success response as authenticated. Exploitation requires the LDAP adapter, a known directory username, and a directory that accepts unauthenticated simple binds; success issues a session token for that account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-87806
- Published
- Sep 9, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Parse Platform
- Product
- Parse Server
- Classifications
- CWE-287, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.6.88
- Affected versionversion=9.0.0 <9.10.1-alpha.7
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