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. 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 v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-05 11:16

Updated : 2026-09-08 19:20

NVD link : CVE-2026-86177

Mitre link : CVE-2026-86177

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-86177

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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