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.

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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks
First Time appeared Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl panel
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pterodactyl:panel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl panel
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T18:14:11.735Z

Reserved: 2026-09-05T10:40:41.335Z

Link: CVE-2026-86177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-08T18:14:06.633Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-05T11:16:46.397

Modified: 2026-09-08T19:20:09.950

Link: CVE-2026-86177

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-05T13:30:05Z

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