What is CVE-2026-61609?

CVE-2026-61609 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pterodactyl Panel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-61609?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Pterodactyl Panel

CVE-2026-61609

Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. From 1.7.0 until 1.13.0, the authentication rate limiter defined in RouteServiceProvider::configureRateLimiting() applied a single global bucket to the login and two-factor c…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Pterodactyl Panel — versions >= 1.7.0, < 1.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-61609?: CVE-2026-61609 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pterodactyl Panel, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-61609?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.