CVE-2026-32944

Description

### Impact An unauthenticated attacker can crash the Parse Server process by sending a single request with deeply nested query condition operators. This terminates the server and denies service to all connected clients. ### Patches A depth limit for query condition operator nesting has been added via the `requestComplexity.queryDepth` server option. The option is disabled by default to avoid a breaking change. To mitigate, upgrade and set the option to a value appropriate for your app. ### Workarounds None.

How to fix CVE-2026-32944

To remediate CVE-2026-32944, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 8.6.45 or later
• —upgrade to 9.6.0-alpha.21 or later

Is CVE-2026-32944 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 8.6.45, >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0
• >= 9.0.0, < 9.6.0-alpha.21

CVSS scores

References (5)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32944
• PATCHgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server
• WEBgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10202
• WEBgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/10203