Pterodactyl's improper resource locking allows raced queries to create more resources than alloted
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Pterodactyl implements rate limits that are applied to the total number of resources (e.g. databases, port allocations, or backups) that can exist for an individual server. These resource limits are applied on a per-server basis, and validated during the request cycle. However, in versions prior to 1.12.0, it is possible for a malicious user to send a massive volume of requests at the same time that would create more resources than the server is allotted. This is because the validation occurs early in the request cycle and does not lock the target resource while it is processing. As a result sending a large volume of requests at the same time would lead all of those requests to validate as not using any of the target resources, and then all creating the resources at the same time. As a result a server would be able to create more databases, allocations, or backups than configured. A malicious user is able to deny resources to other users on the system, and may be able to excessively consume the limited allocations for a node, or fill up backup space faster than is allowed by the system. Version 1.12.0 fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pterodactyl | panel | before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pterodactyl/panel (Packagist) | before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-jw2v-cq5x-q68g |
- panel Vendorpterodactyl Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available CNA
- pterodactyl/panel (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available GHSA-jw2v-cq5x-q68g
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pterodactyl:panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.12.0 | Vulnerable | pterodactyl |
- cpe:2.3:a:pterodactyl:panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.12.0 Vulnerable ·pterodactyl
Remediation
- Fix · CNA panel (pterodactyl) Fixed in 1.12.0
- Fix · GHSA-jw2v-cq5x-q68g pterodactyl/panel (Packagist) Fixed in 1.12.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69198
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jw2v-cq5x-q68g
References
More pterodactyl Panel vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-21030 Pterodactyl Panel Allows Cross-Node Server Configuration Disclosure via Remote API Missing Authorization CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2021-17968 Authentication bypass in Pterodactyl CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2019-16080 Pterodactyl before 0.7.14 with 2FA allows credential sniffing. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-42410 Pterodactyl does not revoke SFTP access when server is deleted or permissions reduced CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-42651 Pterodactyl TOTPs can be reused during validity window CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-22525 Multiple cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the admin area of Pterodactyl panel CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-69198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-69198 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jw2v-cq5x-q68g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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