CVE-2026-34573 PUBLISHED

Parse Server: GraphQL complexity validator exponential fragment traversal DoS

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 31.03.2026 Updated: 31.03.2026

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.68 and 9.7.0-alpha.12, the GraphQL query complexity validator can be exploited to cause a denial-of-service by sending a crafted query with binary fan-out fragment spreads. A single unauthenticated request can block the Node.js event loop for seconds, denying service to all concurrent users. This only affects deployments that have enabled the requestComplexity.graphQLDepth or requestComplexity.graphQLFields configuration options. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.68 and 9.7.0-alpha.12.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor parse-community
Product parse-server
Versions
  • Version < 8.6.68 is affected
  • Version >= 9.0.0, < 9.7.0-alpha.12 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity CWE