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TI-2024-33229 Aliases CVE-2024-49762GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr

Pterodactyl Panel has plain-text logging of user passwords when two-factor authentication is disabled

Priority LOW 20CWE-313Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. When a user disables two-factor authentication via the Panel, a `DELETE` request with their current password in a query parameter will be sent. While query parameters are encrypted when using TLS, many webservers (including ones officially documented for use with Pterodactyl) will log query parameters in plain-text, storing a user's password in plain text. Prior to version 1.11.8, if a malicious user obtains access to these logs they could potentially authenticate against a user's account; assuming they are able to discover the account's email address or username separately. This problem has been patched in version 1.11.8. There are no workarounds at this time. There is not a direct vulnerability within the software as it relates to logs generated by intermediate components such as web servers or Layer 7 proxies. Updating to `v1.11.8` or adding the linked patch manually are the only ways to avoid this problem. As this vulnerability relates to historical logging of sensitive data, users who have ever disabled 2FA on a Panel (self-hosted or operated by a company) should change their passwords and consider enabling 2FA if it was left disabled. While it's unlikely that their account swill be compromised by this vulnerability, it's not impossible. Panel administrators should consider clearing any access logs that may contain sensitive data.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00141 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed panel (pterodactyl): 1.11.8pterodactyl/panel (Packagist): 1.11.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
pterodactylpanelbefore 1.11.81.11.8Patch availableCNA
—pterodactyl/panel (Packagist)before 1.11.81.11.8Patch availableGHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr
  • panel Vendorpterodactyl Affected before 1.11.8 Fixed in 1.11.8 Patch available CNA
  • pterodactyl/panel (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.11.8 Fixed in 1.11.8 Patch available GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA panel (pterodactyl) Fixed in 1.11.8
  • Fix · GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr pterodactyl/panel (Packagist) Fixed in 1.11.8 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-49762
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr

References

  • TI-2025-31212 Pterodactyl Panel Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-17963 Improper isolation of server file access in github.com/pterodactyl/wings CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-17479 Endless reprocessing/reupload of activity log data due to SQLite max parameters limit not being considered CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-58966 Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-44131 Resource allocation without limits in pterodactyl panel CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-39427 Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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