CVE-2026-31856

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El valor de la cantidad se interpola directamente en la consulta SQL sin parametrizaci\u00f3n ni validaci\u00f3n de tipo. Un atacante que puede enviar solicitudes de escritura a la API REST de Parse Server puede inyectar subconsultas SQL arbitrarias para leer cualquier dato de la base de datos, eludiendo CLPs y ACLs. Las implementaciones de MongoDB no se ven afectadas. 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