Improper access control in Parse Server - CVE-2025-53364

 

Improper access control in Parse Server - CVE-2025-53364

Published: April 6, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124979
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-53364
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose schema metadata.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the GraphQL API introspection functionality when handling schema introspection queries. A remote attacker can send a schema introspection query to disclose schema metadata.

The issue exposes schema metadata but not actual data.


Affected software

Parse Server

How to mitigate CVE-2025-53364

Install security update from vendor's website.

Parse Server - addressed in versions 7.5.3, 8.2.2

External References

Related Security Bulletins