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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
pterodactyl panel unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 1.14.1
1.14.1 unaffected —

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/panel.md cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Http/Requests/Api/Client/Servers/Schedules/StoreTaskRequest.php#L10-L25 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Jobs/Schedule/RunTaskJob.php#L60-L75 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/913b354aff43ff04fce95357ed68a675a1dd0fa6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pterodactyl-panel-before-1.14.1-privilege-escalation-via-schedule-tasks cve-icon cve-icon
History

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-05T11:01:28.077Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-86177

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-86177

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Updated: 2026-09-05T12:30:04Z

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