CVE-2025-68150

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.2 and 9.1.1, the Instagram authentication adapter allows clients to specify a custom API URL via the `apiURL` parameter in `authData`. This enables SSRF attacks and possibly authentication bypass if malicious endpoints return fake responses to validate unauthorized users. This is fixed in versions 8.6.2 and 9.1.1 by hardcoding the Instagram Graph API URL `https://graph.instagram.com` and ignoring client-provided `apiURL` values. No known workarounds are available.

How to fix CVE-2025-68150

To remediate CVE-2025-68150, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 8.6.2 or later
• —upgrade to 9.1.1-alpha.1 or later

Is CVE-2025-68150 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 8.6.2, >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.1
• >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.1-alpha.1

CVSS scores

References (5)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68150
• PATCHgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server
• WEBgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9988
• WEBgithub.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/9989