CVE-2026-86177
Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | pterodactyl |
| Product | panel |
| Published | Sep 5, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
pterodactyl / panel
0 < 1.14.1
References
github.com: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/913b354aff43ff04fce95357ed68a675a1dd0fa6 github.com: https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/panel.md github.com: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Http/Requests/Api/Client/Servers/Schedules/StoreTaskRequest.php#L10-L25 github.com: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Jobs/Schedule/RunTaskJob.php#L60-L75 github.com: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.1 github.com: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pterodactyl-panel-before-1.14.1-privilege-escalation-via-schedule-tasks
Credits
🔍 George Chen