Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks
Priority HIGH 73CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 fails to validate action-specific permissions in scheduled task creation, allowing subusers with only schedule.update permission to execute arbitrary console commands. Attackers can create and immediately trigger scheduled tasks that run game-server console commands, control server power state, or create backups without proper authorization checks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00577 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed panel (pterodactyl): 1.14.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 1.14.1 | 1.14.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- panel Vendorpterodactyl Affected before 1.14.1 Fixed in 1.14.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA panel (pterodactyl) Fixed in 1.14.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86177
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v29m-2pj3-6rhv
References
More pterodactyl vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-44131 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
- TI-2026-44135 Pterodactyl Wings SFTP write path does not enforce disk quota, allowing node-wide disk exhaustion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-86177 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86177 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v29m-2pj3-6rhv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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