Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11, a malicious client can subscribe to a LiveQuery with a crafted $regex pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. This makes the entire Parse Server unresponsive, affecting all clients. Any Parse Server deployment with LiveQuery enabled is affected. The attacker only needs the application ID and JavaScript key, both of which are public in client-side apps. This only affects LiveQuery subscription matching, which evaluates regex in JavaScript on the Node.js event loop. Normal REST and GraphQL queries are not affected because their regex is evaluated by the database engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11.
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| Description | Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11, a malicious client can subscribe to a LiveQuery with a crafted $regex pattern that causes catastrophic backtracking, blocking the Node.js event loop. This makes the entire Parse Server unresponsive, affecting all clients. Any Parse Server deployment with LiveQuery enabled is affected. The attacker only needs the application ID and JavaScript key, both of which are public in client-side apps. This only affects LiveQuery subscription matching, which evaluates regex in JavaScript on the Node.js event loop. Normal REST and GraphQL queries are not affected because their regex is evaluated by the database engine. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0-alpha.14 and 8.6.11. | |
| Title | Parse Server affected by Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via `$regex` query in LiveQuery | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1333 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-03-09T23:01:32.408Z
Updated: 2026-03-10T14:11:27.984Z
Reserved: 2026-03-07T16:40:05.884Z
Link: CVE-2026-30925
Updated: 2026-03-10T14:09:04.763Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-10T17:40:16.313
Modified: 2026-03-10T17:40:16.313
Link: CVE-2026-30925
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