# CVE-2026-27608: Parse Dashboard missing authorization in AI Agent API

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-27608-parse-dashboard-missing-authorization-in-ai-agent-api  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-02-25. Updated: 2026-06-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-27608 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.1 · Published 2026-02-25

Parse Dashboard, a management interface for Parse Server applications, contains a security flaw in its AI Agent feature. An authenticated user with access to one application can bypass security checks to access and modify data in other applications managed on the same dashboard. This could lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion across an entire organization's application suite.

Technologies: [parse-dashboard (npm)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/parse-dashboard). Vendors: [npm](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/npm).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-27608 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-27608 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-27608?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 25 February 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** parse-dashboard (npm) SEMVER:introduced=7.3.0-alpha.42,fixed=9.0.0-alpha.8.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-27608?** Yes. parse-dashboard (npm): upgrade to 9.0.0-alpha.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-27608 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-27608?** Check whether you run parse-dashboard (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- parse-dashboard (npm): upgrade to 9.0.0-alpha.8 or later

  ```sh
  npm install parse-dashboard@9.0.0-alpha.8
  ```


## Technical details

A missing authorization vulnerability exists in the Parse Dashboard AI Agent API endpoint (POST /apps/:appId/agent). The root cause is a failure to enforce per-app authorization checks, allowing an authenticated user to access any application's agent endpoint by manipulating the appId in the request URL. Furthermore, the system incorrectly provides read-only users with the full master key instead of a restricted read-only key, enabling them to perform write and delete operations by specifying write permissions in the request body. This vulnerability only affects dashboards where the 'agent' configuration is enabled. The issue is resolved in version 9.0.0-alpha.8 by implementing proper authorization checks and server-side permission stripping.

## Affected products

- Parse Platform Parse Dashboard 7.3.0-alpha.42 to 9.0.0-alpha.7

## Identifiers

- CVE-2026-27608
- GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v

## Timeline

- 2026-02-19: patched: Version 9.0.0-alpha.8 released
- 2026-02-23: advisory: GitHub Security Advisory published
- 2026-02-25: disclosed: CVE published to NVD

## References

- [https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/releases/tag/9.0.0-alpha.8](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/releases/tag/9.0.0-alpha.8)
- [https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-cvwj-6c9h-jg6v)

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