CVE-2026-27595: Parse Dashboard has incomplete authentication on AI Agent endpoint

Should you act?

Critical and remotely reachable

No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. This signal is computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS data; it is not an editorial verdict.

• No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
• EPSS 0.7%, percentile 50: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
• Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
• Only applies if your dependency tree includes parse-dashboard (npm) >= 7.3.0-alpha.42, < 9.0.0-alpha.8, fixed in 9.0.0-alpha.8. Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

What it is

Parse Dashboard is a standalone dashboard for managing Parse Server apps. In versions 7.3.0-alpha.42 through 9.0.0-alpha.7, the AI Agent API endpoint (POST /apps/:appId/agent) has multiple security vulnerabilities that, when chained, allow unauthenticated remote attackers to perform arbitrary read and write operations against any connected Parse Server database using the master key. The agent feature is opt-in; dashboards without an agent config are not affected. The fix in version 9.0.0-alpha.8 adds authentication, CSRF validation, and per-app authorization middleware to the agent endpoint. Read-only users are restricted to the readOnlyMasterKey with write permissions stripped server-side. A cache key collision between master key and read-only master key was also corrected. As a workaround, remove or comment out the agent configuration block from your Parse Dashboard configuration.

From the GitHub advisory

Impact

The AI Agent API endpoint (POST /apps/:appId/agent) lacks authentication. Unauthenticated remote attackers can send requests to the endpoint and perform arbitrary database operations against any connected Parse Server using the master key.

Patches

The fix adds authentication middleware to the agent endpoint.

Workarounds

Weakness type: CWE-306.

Product: parse-dashboard (npm) · Assigned by: GitHub_M · Published: 2026-02-25

Affected and fixed versions

Severity scores

• Attack vector: network (remotely reachable)
• Attack complexity: low
• Attack requirements: none
• Privileges required: none (no login)
• User interaction: none

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Exploitation and urgency

• CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
• CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, automatable yes, technical impact total.
• FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 50.

Timeline

• 2026-02-25 — CVE record published by GitHub_M
• 2026-02-25 — GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-qwc3-h9mg-4582 published (critical)
• 2026-02-27 — CVE record last updated

Sources and references

Original sources first. Version and fix details should always be confirmed against the vendor or project advisory.

Vulnerability records

1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-qwc3-h9mg-4582 github.com
2. CVE.org record CVE-2026-27595 cve.org
3. NVD entry CVE-2026-27595 nvd.nist.gov

Other references from the CVE record and advisory

1. github.com github.com
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