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Vulnerability details: VCID-b4yy-2spz-mfdc
Vulnerability ID VCID-b4yy-2spz-mfdc
Aliases CVE-2020-26288
GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
Summary Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In Parse Server, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed by stripping the password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.9
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00163 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26288
epss 0.00163 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26288
epss 0.00163 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26288
epss 0.00163 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26288
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1593
generic_textual LOW https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1593
cvssv3.1 7.7 https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server
generic_textual LOW https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26288
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0
https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1593
https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server
CVE-2020-26288 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288
GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/da905a357d062ab4fea727a21eac231acc2ed92a
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/4.5.0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-4w46-w44m-3jq3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1593
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-server
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.36987
EPSS Score 0.00163
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:20:42.483243+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/parse-server/CVE-2020-26288.yml 38.6.0