{"id":"CVE-2023-25168","aliases":["EUVD-2023-0638","GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63","GO-2023-1555"],"status":"published","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00956,"percentile":0.61891,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2023-02-08T23:43:29Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:03Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","fixed_in":["1.7.4","1.11.4"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.4"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.4"},{"introduced":"1.11.0"},{"fixed":"1.11.4"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"pterodactyl","product":"wings"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/429ac62dba22997a278bc709df5ac00a5a25d83d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25168","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/25xxx/CVE-2023-25168.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25168","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T23:43:29.094Z","modified":"2025-03-10T21:14:22.201Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:19.559321Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-0638","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T23:43:29Z","modified":"2025-03-10T21:14:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:09.197707Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following resulting in deletion of files and directories on the host system","description":"### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings.  The vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with [`GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5`](https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5) to overwrite files on the host system.\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 `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`.\n\nAnyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-10T23:11:01Z","modified":"2023-02-10T23:11:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:44.81167Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25168","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-09T00:16:36.907Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:40:49.68Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:46.811196Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-25168","title":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings","description":"Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. This vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with `GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5` to overwrite files on the host system. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing \"server\" allocated and controlled by Wings. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-08T23:43:29.094Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:03.036555213Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:30.709518Z"},{"id":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following resulting in deletion of files and directories on the host system","description":"### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings.  The vulnerability can be used to delete files and directories recursively on the host system.  This vulnerability can be combined with [`GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5`](https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-p8r3-83r8-jwj5) to overwrite files on the host system.\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 `v1.11.4` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.4`.\n\nAnyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.4` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.4`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone at this time.","status":"published","published":"2023-02-10T23:11:01Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:29:47.002889Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:39.266402Z"},{"id":"GO-2023-1555","title":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following resulting in deletion of files and directories on the host system in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","description":"Pterodactyl Wings contains UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following resulting in deletion of files and directories on the host system in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","status":"published","published":"2024-08-20T20:26:01Z","modified":"2026-03-03T04:53:20.943632Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.185262Z"}]}}