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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2026-54593 json

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

published 2026-07-28 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-24 15 d ago also GHSA-8r6w-3qq5-4p4r , GO-2026-6120 , EUVD-2026-49880

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist pterodactyl/panel 1.12.3
  • go github.com/pterodactyl/wings 1.12.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist pterodactyl/panel
<1.12.3
1.12.3
go github.com/pterodactyl/wings
<1.12.2
1.12.2

Affected products

  • pterodactyl panel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1259 Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment
  • CWE-1270 Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens

References

Sources

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