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title: "CVE-2026-27608: Parse Dashboard is Missing Authorization for its Agent Endpoint"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-27608/
description: "CVE-2026-27608 (parse-dashboard (npm)): Parse Dashboard is a standalone dashboard for managing Parse Server apps. In versions 7.3.0-alpha.42 through…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-02-25
date_modified: 2026-02-25
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2026-27608"
kev: false
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.00386
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2026-27608: Parse Dashboard is Missing Authorization for its Agent Endpoint

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- 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 0.4% , percentile 31: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes parse-dashboard (npm) >= 7.3.0-alpha.42, <= 9.0.0-alpha.7, 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) does not enforce authorization. Authenticated users scoped to specific apps can access any other app's agent endpoint by changing the app ID in the URL. Read-only users are given the full master key instead of the read-only master key and can supply write permissions in the request body to perform write and delete operations. Only dashboards with agent configuration enabled are affected. The fix in version 9.0.0-alpha.8 adds per-app authorization checks and restricts read-only users to the readOnlyMasterKey with write permissions stripped server-side. As a workaround, remove the agent configuration block from your dashboard configuration. Dashboards without an agent config are not affected.

## Affected packages

- npm `parse-dashboard` >= 7.3.0-alpha.42, <= 9.0.0-alpha.7 → fixed: 9.0.0-alpha.8

## Affected products (CVE record)

- parse-community parse-dashboard: >= 7.3.0-alpha.42, < 9.0.0-alpha.8

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 31.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2026-27608](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27608)
- [NVD entry CVE-2026-27608](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27608)
- [github.com](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v)
- [github.com](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/releases/tag/9.0.0-alpha.8)

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