Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4, the readOnlyMasterKey can call POST /loginAs to obtain a valid session token for any user. This allows a read-only credential to impersonate arbitrary users with full read and write access to their data. Any Parse Server deployment that uses readOnlyMasterKey is affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-79wj-8rqv-jvp5 parse-server's endpoint `/loginAs` allows `readOnlyMasterKey` to gain full read and write access as any user
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History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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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 versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4, the readOnlyMasterKey can call POST /loginAs to obtain a valid session token for any user. This allows a read-only credential to impersonate arbitrary users with full read and write access to their data. Any Parse Server deployment that uses readOnlyMasterKey is affected. This issue has been patched in versions 8.6.6 and 9.5.0-alpha.4.
Title Parse Server: Endpoint `/loginAs` allows `readOnlyMasterKey` to gain full read and write access as any user
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-06T20:26:53.787Z

Reserved: 2026-03-04T17:23:59.797Z

Link: CVE-2026-30229

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-06T21:16:16.920

Modified: 2026-03-06T21:16:16.920

Link: CVE-2026-30229

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