{"id":"CVE-2021-32699","aliases":["EUVD-2021-1344","GHSA-jj6m-r8jc-2gp7","GO-2022-0919"],"status":"published","title":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings","description":"Wings is the control plane software for the open source Pterodactyl game management system. All versions of Pterodactyl Wings prior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding. Users should upgrade to `1.4.4` to mitigate the issue. There is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00265,"percentile":0.1858,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-405","CWE-770"],"published":"2021-06-22T19:20:10Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:53:45Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","fixed_in":["1.4.4"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.4"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"pterodactyl","product":"wings"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-jj6m-r8jc-2gp7","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/e0078eee0a71d61573a94c75e6efcad069d78de3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32699","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jj6m-r8jc-2gp7"},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32699","title":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings","description":"Wings is the control plane software for the open source Pterodactyl game management system. All versions of Pterodactyl Wings prior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding. Users should upgrade to `1.4.4` to mitigate the issue. There is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.","status":"published","published":"2021-06-22T19:20:10Z","modified":"2024-08-03T23:25:31.139Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:06.658806Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-1344","description":"Wings is the control plane software for the open source Pterodactyl game management system. All versions of Pterodactyl Wings prior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding. Users should upgrade to `1.4.4` to mitigate the issue. There is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.","status":"published","published":"2021-06-22T19:20:10Z","modified":"2024-08-03T23:25:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:24:36.41075Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jj6m-r8jc-2gp7","title":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings ","description":"### Impact\nAll versions of Pterodactyl Wings preior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding.\n\n### Patches\nUsers should upgrade to `1.4.4`.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Contact us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/pterodactyl)\n* Email us at `dane ät pterodactyl dot io`","status":"published","published":"2021-06-23T18:03:18Z","modified":"2023-01-29T05:07:49Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-405","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:26.667347Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32699","description":"Wings is the control plane software for the open source Pterodactyl game management system. All versions of Pterodactyl Wings prior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding. Users should upgrade to `1.4.4` to mitigate the issue. There is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.","status":"published","published":"2021-06-22T20:15:08.56Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:53:27.11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:54.892562Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2021-32699","description":"Wings is the control plane software for the open source Pterodactyl game management system. All versions of Pterodactyl Wings prior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding. Users should upgrade to `1.4.4` to mitigate the issue. There is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.","status":"published","published":"2021-06-22T20:15:08.56Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:53:45.959648797Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:19.793849Z"},{"id":"GHSA-jj6m-r8jc-2gp7","title":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings ","description":"### Impact\nAll versions of Pterodactyl Wings preior to `1.4.4` are vulnerable to system resource exhaustion due to improper container process limits being defined. A malicious user can consume more resources than intended and cause downstream impacts to other clients on the same hardware, eventually causing the physical server to stop responding.\n\n### Patches\nUsers should upgrade to `1.4.4`.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no non-code based workaround for impacted versions of the software. Users running customized versions of this software can manually set a PID limit for containers created.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Contact us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/pterodactyl)\n* Email us at `dane ät pterodactyl dot io`","status":"published","published":"2021-06-23T18:03:18Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:27:54.143533808Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-405","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:50.687609Z"},{"id":"GO-2022-0919","title":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) in Docker containers created by Wings in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","status":"published","published":"2024-08-21T15:29:08Z","modified":"2026-03-03T04:51:03.534375Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:00.918515Z"}]}}