# CVE-2025-68954: Pterodactyl does not revoke SFTP access when server is deleted or permissions reduced

- Also known as: GO-2026-4283, GHSA-8C39-XPPG-479C
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.12.0
- Published: 2026-01-06 · Updated: 2026-01-06

## Affected

- pterodactyl panel: fixed in 1.12.0
- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): fixed in 1.12.0
- pterodactyl/panel (Packagist): fixed in 1.12.0

## Description

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Versions 1.11.11 and below do not revoke active SFTP connections when a user is removed from a server instance or has their permissions changes with respect to file access over SFTP. This allows a user that was already connected to SFTP to remain connected and access files even after their permissions are revoked. A user must have been connected to SFTP at the time of their permissions being revoked in order for this vulnerability to be exploited. This issue is fixed in version 1.12.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pterodactyl panel, github.com/pterodactyl/wings, pterodactyl/panel, upgrade to a fixed version (1.12.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/security/advisories/GHSA-8c39-xppg-479c
- https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/2bd9d8baddb0e0606e4a9d5be402f48678ac88d5
- https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.0

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