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CVE-2026-54593GHSA-8R6W-3QQ5-4P4RGO-2026-6120

Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.12.3, 1.12.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to Panel version 1.12.3 and Wings version 1.12.2, the Wings /upload/file endpoint accepted any valid panel-signed JWT that contained server_uuid, user_uuid, and unique_id claims without checking the token's intended purpose; because the Panel issues JWTs carrying those same claims for lower-privilege operations such as WebSocket authentication and file-download links, an authenticated subuser could reuse one of those tokens (for example a WebSocket token obtained with only the websocket.connect permission) by replaying it against /upload/file to write arbitrary files to the same server, despite never being granted the file.create permission. This issue is fixed in Panel version 1.12.3 and Wings version 1.12.2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • pterodactyl panel

    fixed in 1.12.3

  • pterodactyl/panelPackagist

    fixed in 1.12.3

  • github.com/pterodactyl/wingsGo

    fixed in 1.12.2

References 4

GitHub · pterodactyl/panel

GitHub · pterodactyl/wings