Uncontrolled resource consumption in pterodactyl panel
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- 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
Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to version 1.12.0, websockets within wings lack proper rate limiting and throttling. As a result a malicious user can open a large number of connections and then request data through these sockets, causing an excessive volume of data over the network and overloading the host system memory and cpu. Additionally, there is not a limit applied to the total size of messages being sent or received, allowing a malicious user to open thousands of websocket connections and then send massive volumes of information over the socket, overloading the host network, and causing increased CPU and memory load within Wings. Version 1.12.0 patches 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 |
| — | github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go) | before 1.12.0 | 1.12.0 | Patch available | GHSA-8w7m-w749-rx98 |
- panel Vendorpterodactyl Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.12.0 Patch available GHSA-8w7m-w749-rx98
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pterodactyl:wings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.12.0 | Vulnerable | pterodactyl |
- cpe:2.3:a:pterodactyl:wings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.12.0 Vulnerable ·pterodactyl
Remediation
- Fix · CNA panel (pterodactyl) Fixed in 1.12.0
- Fix · GHSA-8w7m-w749-rx98 github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go) Fixed in 1.12.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-69199
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w7m-w749-rx98
References
Advisory 2
More pterodactyl Wings vulnerabilities
- 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-2023-15384 Wings vulnerable to escape to host from installation container CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-10630 Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-22524 Arbitrary File Write/Read in Pterodactyl wings CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2023-10614 Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-69199 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-69199 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w7m-w749-rx98 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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