Parse Server 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.5 Privilege Escalation via SMS MFA Login

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  "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116162",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Parse Server 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.5 Privilege Escalation via SMS MFA Login",
    "summary": "Parse Server before 8.6.104 and 9.0.0 before 9.10.5-alpha.5 saves the entire login request with master privileges when issuing an SMS multi-factor authentication verification code. An SMS MFA-enrolled user can include extra fields in that request to modify master-key-restricted fields on their own account, such as the email-verification flag or beforeSave-protected values.",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-9rh6-r4ph-367v",
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  "published_at": "2026-10-25T13:20:06.994+00:00"
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