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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-47986

Parse Server before 4.10.0 contains a supply chain vulnerability where incorrect version tags were pushed to the repository linking to unreviewed code in a personal fork. Attackers could exploit this by specifying affected version tags in dependency declarations to execute unreviewed and potentially malicious code.

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CVE-2021-47986, CVE-2021-47987
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31 Oct 2026, 12:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-47986

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jun 2026, 22:16 UTC

Parse Server before 4.10.0 contains a supply chain vulnerability where incorrect version tags were pushed to the repository linking to unreviewed code in a personal fork. Attackers could exploit this by specifying affected version tags in dependency declarations to execute unreviewed and potentially malicious code.

osv:CVE-2021-47986
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-47986",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-47986",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "BIT-parse-2021-47987",
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