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CVE-2026-54593: pterodactyl panel · Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment

Affects pterodactyl panelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High : upgrade to 1.12.3 soon.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.12.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade pterodactyl panel to 1.12.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
pterodactylpanelAffected
  • <1.12.3
Fixed in
  • 1.12.3

AI-suggested

This vulnerability is fixed in Pterodactyl Panel version 1.12.3 and Wings version 1.12.2. Users should upgrade to these or later versions to remediate the issue. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated by the vendor advisory. Patch status is not explicitly stated but the fix versions are known; users should apply these updates promptly.

Description

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.

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