CVE-2026-54593CWE-1259CWE-1270

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

High · published July 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00357 · 28.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-1259 · Improper Restriction of Security Token Assignment; CWE-1270 · Generation of Incorrect Security Tokens
Published
2026-07-28T15:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 15:42Z
    Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions
    cvelistv5