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CVE-2026-86177: Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-05 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 fails to validate action-specific permissions in scheduled task creation, allowing subusers with only schedule.update permission to execute arbitrary console commands. Attackers can create and immediately trigger scheduled tasks that run game-server console commands, control server power state, or create backups without proper authorization checks.

Affected products

• pterodactyl panel: before 1.14.1 — fixed in 1.14.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: pterodactyl panel 1.14.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/panel.md
• https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel
• https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Http/Requests/Api/Client/Servers/Schedules/StoreTaskRequest.php#L10-L25
• https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Jobs/Schedule/RunTaskJob.php#L60-L75
• https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/913b354aff43ff04fce95357ed68a675a1dd0fa6
• https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.1
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pterodactyl-panel-before-1.14.1-privilege-escalation-via-schedule-tasks

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