CVE-2026-86177
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.