High 8.8Published Sep 5, 2026

CVE-2026-86177Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Sep 24, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

pterodactyl panel pterodactyl:panel (from the name)	before 1.14.1; 1.14.1 not affected	CNA record

References

https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/913b354aff43ff04fce95357ed68a675a1dd0fa6patch
https://github.com/geo-chen/oss/blob/main/panel.mdthird-party-advisory, exploit
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Http/Requests/Api/Client/Servers/Schedules/StoreTaskRequest.php#L10-L25technical-description
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/blob/v1.14.0/app/Jobs/Schedule/RunTaskJob.php#L60-L75technical-description
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.14.1release-notes
https://github.com/pterodactyl/panelproduct
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pterodactyl-panel-before-1.14.1-privilege-escalation-via-schedule-tasksthird-party-advisory

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