CVE-2022-31083

Authentication bypass in Parse Server Apple Game Center auth adapter

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: June 17, 2022 at 06:15 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:44 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsParse ServerParse Server

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.9%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 4.10.11 and 5.2.2, the certificate in the Parse Server Apple Game Center auth adapter not validated. As a result, authentication could potentially be bypassed by making a fake certificate accessible via certain Apple domains and providing the URL to that certificate in an authData object. Versions 4.0.11 and 5.2.2 prevent this by introducing a new `rootCertificateUrl` property to the Parse Server Apple Game Center auth adapter which takes the URL to the root certificate of Apple's Game Center authentication certificate. If no value is set, the `rootCertificateUrl` property defaults to the URL of the current root certificate as of May 27, 2022. Keep in mind that the root certificate can change at any time and that it is the developer's responsibility to keep the root certificate URL up-to-date when using the Parse Server Apple Game Center auth adapter. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Parse Server · Parseplatformnpm

95%

v < 4.10.115.0.0 ≤ v < 5.2.2

Affected range stops below 4.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Parse Server · Parse Communitynpm

60%

v < 4.0.11v < 5.2.2

Affected range stops below 4.0.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=stttq465

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/commit/ba2b0a9cb9a568817a114b132a4c2e0911d76df1

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/8054

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-rh9j-f5f8-rvgc

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-287CWE-295

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