CVE-2026-86177

Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks

Published Sep 5, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Sep 24, 2026, 2:21 PM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2026, 10:40 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 5, 2026, 11:16 AM
Modified
Sep 24, 2026, 8:43 PM