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fix: Transactional batch request can roll back or block writes of other clients (GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv) - #10713

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Transactional batch request can roll back or block writes of other clients (GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv)

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved database configuration isolation when loading or reloading a master key, helping prevent settings from affecting separate controllers.
    • Prevented overlapping attempts to create transactional sessions and ensured another attempt can proceed after a creation failure.
    • Improved reliability for writes and batches running alongside transactional batches on supported database configurations.

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The changes update database-controller construction and master-key caching. They prevent repeated transactional-session creation while a session is active or pending. Regression tests cover controller identity, session retries, and transactional batch behavior.

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Database configuration and transactions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Database-controller configuration
src/Config.js, spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js
Config.get creates a DatabaseController from the cached controller or database. loadMasterKey updates the cached masterKeyCache. Tests check controller identity after master-key loading or reload, rate-limit registration, and Parse.Server reassignment.
Transactional-session isolation
src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js, spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js
createTransactionalSession rejects creation when a session is active or pending. It clears the pending state after adapter creation succeeds or fails. Tests cover concurrent attempts and retry after adapter failure.
Transactional batch behavior
spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js
For MongoDB replica-set or PostgreSQL configurations, tests cover concurrent batches and writes during or after a failing batch.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 44feb

The new tests may miss a partial commit or run without actual transaction overlap. Add rollback assertions and a synchronization barrier before relying on them to protect this concurrency fix.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title begins with the required fix: prefix, uses a capitalized subject, and accurately describes the transactional batch issue addressed by the changes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies the issue and includes the task checklist. It omits the template's ## Pull Request and ## Approach sections, and the security check remains unchecked, but it still provi…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 3…
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Security Check ✅ Passed PASS. The changed code isolates each request with a new DatabaseController, including when the cache contains a request-scoped database. Transaction creation now reserves the controller before adapt…
Engage In Review Feedback ✅ Passed The pull request engaged with the review feedback. The resolved review thread requested an atomic reservation and cleanup for concurrent transactional-session creation. Commits fee4496f5 and `fe1837…
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spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js (1)

7895-7895: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add explicit failure and rollback assertions to both failing-batch tests.

The setup establishes key as a string before each batch sends 10 to FailingObject, so the failure trigger is present. Both tests still swallow the batch result. A successful batch or a batch that commits its first request can therefore satisfy the current assertions.

Assert the batch failure and query for absence of uniquely marked objects created by the batch. The existing controller test covers generic rollback, but these assertions also cover rollback on the concurrent-client paths.

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Review comment at @spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js at line 7895:
Update both failing-batch tests at the `await batch` calls to explicitly assert
that each batch rejects, then query for uniquely marked objects submitted by
that batch and assert none were committed. Keep the assertions in both
concurrent-client test paths.

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Review comments at @src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js:
- Around line 1928-1929: Reserve _transactionalSession synchronously before
awaiting adapter.createTransactionalSession(), replace the reservation with the
created session on success, and clear it if creation fails. Add a test
confirming concurrent calls on the same DatabaseController cannot create or
replace overlapping sessions.

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Review comments at @spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js:
- Line 7895: Update both failing-batch tests at the `await batch` calls to
explicitly assert that each batch rejects, then query for uniquely marked
objects submitted by that batch and assert none were committed. Keep the
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Pre-merge checks failed. Please resolve the failing checks before merging.

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@mtrezza mtrezza changed the title fix: GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv fix: Transactional batch request can roll back or block writes of other clients (GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv) Sep 28, 2026
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spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js (1)

7934-7934: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replace fixed sleeps with an overlap signal.

createTransactionalSession() completes before the batch dispatches its individual requests, so the beforeSave delay does not start the transaction late. However, the fixed 100 ms and 150 ms sleeps do not prove that the first HTTP batch reached that point. Both tests can therefore pass with the competing request running first and no overlapping transactions. Signal entry to SlowObject’s beforeSave hook, then start the competing request.

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Review comment at @spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js at line 7934:
Update the two overlap tests around createTransactionalSession to replace fixed
sleeps with a signal that resolves when SlowObject’s beforeSave hook is entered;
await that signal before starting the competing request so the test verifies the
HTTP batch has reached the hook.

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Review comments at @spec/vulnerabilities.spec.js:
- Line 7934: Update the two overlap tests around createTransactionalSession to
replace fixed sleeps with a signal that resolves when SlowObject’s beforeSave
hook is entered; await that signal before starting the competing request so the
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mtrezza merged commit 90b6c9d into parse-community:alpha Sep 28, 2026
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## [9.10.2-alpha.5](9.10.2-alpha.4...9.10.2-alpha.5) (2026-09-28)

### Bug Fixes

* Transactional batch request can roll back or block writes of other clients ([GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv](GHSA-jhh9-hrgh-c9gv)) ([#10713](#10713)) ([90b6c9d](90b6c9d)), closes [GHSA-jhh9-hr#c9](https://github.com/GHSA-jhh9-hr/issues/c9) [/github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhh9-hr#c9](https://github.com//github.com/parse-community/parse-server/security/advisories/GHSA-jhh9-hr/issues/c9)
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🎉 This change has been released in version 9.10.2-alpha.5

@parseplatformorg parseplatformorg added the state:released-alpha Released as alpha version label Sep 28, 2026
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