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Cross-Site Request Forgery allowing sending of test emails and generation of node auto-deployment keys

  • Disclosed: 18.11.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Due to improperly configured CSRF protections on two routes, a malicious user could execute a CSRF-based attack against the following endpoints:

  • Sending a test email.
  • Generating a node auto-deployment token.

At no point would any data be exposed to the malicious user, this would simply trigger email spam to an administrative user, or generate a single auto-deployment token unexpectedly. This token is not revealed to the malicious user, it is simply created unexpectedly in the system.

Patches

This has been addressed in https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/bf9cbe2c6d5266c6914223e067c56175de7fc3a5 which will be released as 1.6.6.

Workarounds

Users may optionally manually apply the fixes released in v1.6.6 to patch their own systems.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package pterodactyl/panel < 1.6.6 1.6.6

References

CVSS score 4.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352
Platform
Composer
Package
pterodactyl/panel
Disclosed
18.11.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wwgq-9jhf-qgw6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pterodactyl/panel

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (19) in the archive
Total entries
19
First → latest
10.2020 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 6
  • Medium 8
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. Pterodactyl's improper JWT scoping allows subuser to upload files when not explicitly granted `file.create` permissions
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-54593 < 1.12.3 1.12.3
  2. Pterodactyl's shared global rate-limit key on login and 2FA checkpoint enables unauthenticated panel-wide authentication lockout (DoS)
    High · 7.5 CVE-2026-61609 >= 1.7.0, < 1.13.0 1.13.0
  3. Pterodactyl Panel Allows Cross-Node Server Configuration Disclosure via Remote API Missing Authorization
    Critical CVE-2026-26016 < 1.12.1 1.12.1
  4. Pterodactyl Panel's SFTP sessions remain active after user account deletion or password change
    High ghsa-hr7j-63v7-vj7g < 1.12.1 1.12.1
  5. Pterodactyl does not revoke SFTP access when server is deleted or permissions reduced
    High CVE-2025-68954 < 1.12.0 1.12.0
  6. Pterodactyl Panel Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary Remote Code Execution
    Critical · 10.0 CVE-2025-49132 < 1.11.11 1.11.11
  7. Pterodactyl vulnerable to 2FA Sniffing
    High · 7.5 CVE-2019-1020002 < 0.7.14 0.7.14
  8. Cross-Site Request Forgery allowing sending of test emails and generation of node auto-deployment keys this entry
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2021-41273 < 1.6.6 1.6.6
  9. Pterodactyl Panel vulnerable to authentication bypass due to improper user-provided security token verification
    High · 8.1 CVE-2021-41129 >= 1.0.0, < 1.6.2 1.6.2

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