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

Deferred
Published 05-09-2026Last modified 24-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-86177 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in pterodactyl panel. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.58%
0%100%
Low · +0.27 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.27 pp

From 0.31% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Oss

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Pterodactyl1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

7 links