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GHSA-rh9j-f5f8-rvgc

GitHub Security Advisory

Authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Game Center auth adapter

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
The certificate in 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.

### Patches
To prevent this, a new `rootCertificateUrl` property is introduced 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](https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=stttq465) as of May 27, 2022.

Keep in mind that the root certificate can change at any time (expected to be announced by Apple) 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.

### Workarounds
None.

### References
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-rh9j-f5f8-rvgc
- https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=stttq465
- https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server

### More information
* For questions or comments about this vulnerability visit our [community forum](http://community.parseplatform.org) or [community chat](http://chat.parseplatform.org)
* Report other vulnerabilities at [report.parseplatform.org](https://report.parseplatform.org)

Affected Packages

npm parse-server
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.10.11)
npm parse-server
Affected versions: 5.0.0 (fixed in 5.2.2)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-rh9j-f5f8-rvgc
Published
June 17, 2022 10:09 PM
Last Modified
June 20, 2022 9:20 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
npm
Primary Package
parse-server
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 7, 2025 6:28 AM

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