CVE-2026-32248
Parse Server auth bypass enables account takeover via anonymous login.
Is CVE-2026-32248 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-32248 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-32248?
CVE-2026-32248 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-32248?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-32248. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-32248 affect?
CVE-2026-32248 affects Parse Server (MongoDB backend), Parse Server (PostgreSQL backend). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-32248?
Upgrade to 9.6.0-alpha.12 or 8.6.38
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Account takeover via crafted login; bypasses exact-id check to obtain a session for an existing user; MongoDB/PostgreSQL backends; anonymous auth on by default.
Patch when possible
- affected>= 9.0.0 and < 9.6.0-alpha.12
- affected< 8.6.38
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.