CVE-2025-69198Network attack vector

Resource exhaustion via unlocked concurrent quota checks

Published Jan 19, 2026 · Updated Jan 19, 2026

Resource exhaustion in Pterodactyl Panel before 1.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to exceed server resource limits via raced API requests. The Client API controllers validate database, allocation, and backup quotas before creation without locking the server's related resource models, so concurrent requests pass the same stale limit check. A low-privileged server user must win the race with parallel creation requests; success can exhaust shared node allocations or backup storage and deny those resources to other users.

CVSS severity6.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.24%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Pterodactyl Panel before 1.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to exceed server resource limits via raced API requests. The Client API controllers validate database, allocation, and backup quotas before creation without locking the server's related resource models, so concurrent requests pass the same stale limit check. A low-privileged server user must win the race with parallel creation requests; success can exhaust shared node allocations or backup storage and deny those resources to other users.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-69198
Published
Jan 19, 2026
Updated
Jan 19, 2026
Vendor
Pterodactyl
Product
Pterodactyl Panel
Classifications
CWE-413, CWE-400, T1499
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 1.12.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Pterodactyl · Pterodactyl Panelversion=< 1.12.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5NISTCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.0GitHub, Inc.CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-413Improper Resource Locking
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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