{"id":"CVE-2023-25152","aliases":["EUVD-2023-0756","GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5","GO-2023-1542"],"status":"published","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.   In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00682,"percentile":0.52766,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-61"],"published":"2023-02-08T18:19:56Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","fixed_in":["1.11.3","1.7.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.3"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.3"},{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"pterodactyl","product":"wings"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/dac9685298c3c1c49b3109fa4241aa88272b9f14","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/tag/v1.11.3","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/tag/v1.7.3","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25152","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25152.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25152","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.   In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.  \n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T18:52:28.51Z","modified":"2025-03-10T21:15:09.908Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:19.559321Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-0756","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.   In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.  \n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T18:52:28Z","modified":"2025-03-10T21:15:09Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:09.197707Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","description":"### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings.  The vulnerability can be used to create new files and on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.\n\nIn order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings.  Information on how the exploitation of this vulnerability works will be released on February 24th, 2023 in North America.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`.\n\nAnyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T18:19:56Z","modified":"2023-02-09T00:10:57Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-61"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:44.81167Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25152","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.   In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.  \n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T19:15:11.953Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:40:47.343Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:46.811196Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25152","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.   In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.  \n\n\n\n","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T18:52:28.51Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54.112854298Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:30.709518Z"},{"id":"GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","description":"### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings.  The vulnerability can be used to create new files and on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine.\n\nIn order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings.  Information on how the exploitation of this vulnerability works will be released on February 24th, 2023 in North America.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`.\n\nAnyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T18:19:56Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:17:53.264268Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-61"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.891208Z"},{"id":"GO-2023-1542","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","status":"published","published":"2024-08-20T20:26:01Z","modified":"2026-03-03T04:51:20.080747Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.185262Z"}]}}