Skip to content
Noroxi
NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2025-49132: Pterodactyl Panel Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary Remote Code Execution

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 60/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • A ready-made attack tool exists and the flaw can be exploited over the network without an account, so priority is at least “This week”.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 54.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: pterodactyl panel 1.11.11.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to pterodactyl panel 1.11.11 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to version 1.11.11, using the /locales/locale.json with the locale and namespace query parameters, a malicious actor is able to execute arbitrary code without being authenticated. With the ability to execute arbitrary code it could be used to gain access to the Panel's server, read credentials from the Panel's config, extract sensitive information from the database, access files of servers managed by the panel, etc. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.11. There are no software workarounds for this vulnerability, but use of an external Web Application Firewall (WAF) could help mitigate this attack.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Jun 20, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
54.4% · 99th percentile

Report tools

JSON

Action score

60

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
16 / 30 · 54.4%
Ready-made attack tool
4 / 60 · floor: at least 60

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · GitHub_M
10.0
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Get told when this record changes

  • Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
  • Weaponized exploit exists
  • A fix has been released

If any of these changes, we'll tell you in the daily email digest.

Follow CVE-2025-49132

When you'll hear from us

  • when it enters CISA KEV
  • when exploit code appears or is weaponized
  • when the record is updated (including a fixed version)
  • when EPSS rises 20 points in a week

One daily email digest (06:00 UTC); connect a webhook for KEV listings and weaponized exploits instantly.

Your free account also gets you

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

  • Stack alerts: add the products and versions you run, get the new CVEs that affect them
  • Uptime monitoring: 1 site, instant email when it goes down
  • Add your domain: subdomains and takeover risk scanned every week (1 domain)
  • 10 scans an hour on the security tools (3 a day without an account), an API key and MCP
  • All your scans in one panel: findings, what changed in the last scan, a report per domain or per client (PDF, share link)
All free tools

Sign up with email · Have an account? Sign in

Free account, no card. Unfollow any time.

Don't want an account? Get "Exploited this week" by email every MondayDon't want an account? RSS feed for pterodactyl records

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

Is your version affected? Check it

Noroxi analysis

What does it mean in your environment?

The assessment above is generated automatically from the record's data; it doesn't know your environment. Our team verifies on your systems whether this vulnerability is actually exploitable and which mitigation is enough.

We use this product, ask for help

Affected systems

Is your version affected?

Pick the product and type the version you run. It's compared with this record's version ranges in your browser; the version isn't sent anywhere.

—

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • pterodactyl panel

    • < 1.11.11affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistpterodactyl/panelbefore 1.11.111.11.11

Same product

pterodactyl: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-26016Pterodactyl Panel Allows Cross-Node Server Configuration Disclosure via Remote API Missing Authorization
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-86177Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2021-41129Authentication bypass in Pterodactyl
    33Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-34067May 3, 2024 · Multiple cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the admin area of Pterodactyl panel
    24Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-49762Oct 24, 2024 · Pterodactyl Panel has plain-text logging of user passwords when two-factor authentication is disabled
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-68954Jan 6, 2026 · Pterodactyl does not revoke SFTP access when server is deleted or permissions reduced
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
pterodactyl panel1.11.11 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
Packagist:pterodactyl/panel1.11.11Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×27

Noroxi does not host or link to exploit code. Metasploit module names and Nuclei template ids are shown (names, not code); Exploit-DB entries and PoC repositories are given as counts only.

Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-06-26
Metasploit moduleexploit/linux/http/pterodactyl_locales_locale_jsonPterodactyl Panel CVE-2025-49132 Remote Code Executionexploit2025-06-19
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2025-49132 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-06-20
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:172025-06-22
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22025-06-23
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42025-06-23
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52025-06-24
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-06-25
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-07-08
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32025-08-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-09-25

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-2 d
  2. First PoC-1 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 31, 2026+498 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

—

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →

References

Show all references (2 more)

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

All records