CVE-2020-26288: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

December 30, 2020 (updated January 4, 2021)

Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. In Parse Server, user passwords involved in LDAP authentication are stored in cleartext. This is fixed by stripping the password after authentication to prevent cleartext password storage.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26288

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