CVE-2026-54593
Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Jul 28, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
panelpterodactyl |
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References
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