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MEDIUM 5.3

GHSA-qpc3-fg4j-8hgm

Parse Server has a protected field change detection oracle via LiveQuery watch parameter

Details

### Impact

An attacker can subscribe to LiveQuery with a `watch` parameter targeting a protected field. Although the protected field value is properly stripped from event payloads, the presence or absence of update events reveals whether the protected field changed, creating a binary oracle. For boolean protected fields, the timing of change events is equivalent to knowing the field value.

### Patches

The `watch` parameter is now validated against protected fields at subscription time, mirroring the existing validation for the `where` clause. Subscriptions that include protected fields in `watch` are rejected with a permission error. Master key connections are exempt.

### Workarounds

None.

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Affected packages

npm / parse-server
Introduced in: 9.0.0 Fixed in: 9.6.0-alpha.43
Fix npm install parse-server@9.6.0-alpha.43
npm / parse-server
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 8.6.54
Fix npm install parse-server@8.6.54

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