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
9.0.0 Fixed in: 9.6.0-alpha.43 npm install parse-server@9.6.0-alpha.43 References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-qpc3-fg4j-8hgm [WEB]
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33429 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10253 [WEB]
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10254 [WEB]
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/0c0a0a5a37ca821d2553119f2cb3be35322eda4b [WEB]
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/c62eacaf38de86913f09240583448360b1cc8e67 [WEB]
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server [PACKAGE]