CVE-2026-55778
CVE-2026-55778 — Parse Server: Stored XSS via non-standard file extension bypassing file upload extension blocklist
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.9.1-alpha.11 and 8.6.81, the default fileUpload.fileExtensions blocklist could be bypassed by uploading a file with a non-standard or compound extension and dangerous content type, allowing storage adapters such as S3 and GCS to serve attacker-supplied active content and enable stored cross-site scripting. This issue is fixed in versions 9.9.1-alpha.11 and 8.6.81.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, GitHub_M
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
2.1
LOW
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | CVSS 4.0 | LOW | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-434
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1574.010Hijack Execution Flow: ServicesFile Permissions Weakness
References
7 on the record
- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-v8x7-r927-cc93
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10505
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10506
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/97c6a78d19f976ec756c1295f08a8fccab90799a
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/be12a60d65b6e140481882037fb896b1f951df50
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.81
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- github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.9.1-alpha.11
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Elsewhere on this site
- parse communityevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-434other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.