Resource exhaustion in Pterodactyl Panel
CVE-2025-69199
Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to version 1.12.0, websockets within wings lack proper rate limiting and throttling. As a result a malicious user can open a large number of connections and then request data through these sockets, causing an excessive volume of data over the network and overloading the host system memory and cpu. Additionally, there is not a limit applied to the total size of messages being sent or received, allowing a malicious user to open thousands of websocket connections and then send massive volumes of information over the socket, overloading the host network, and causing increased CPU and memory load within Wings. Version 1.12.0 patches the issue.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.003 (17.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Pterodactyl Panel — versions < 1.12.0
- Pterodactyl Wings
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-69199?
- CVE-2025-69199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pterodactyl Panel, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-01-19.
- How severe is CVE-2025-69199?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.