CVE-2026-86177

Pterodactyl Panel before 1.14.1 Privilege Escalation via Schedule Tasks

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
Updated: September 24, 2026 at 08:57 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPanel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.14.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 1.14.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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