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CVE-2026-52856

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2026-07-31
  • Fixed in1.13.0
  • WeaknessCWE-129 · CWE-248 · CWE-617

Am I affected?

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Description

Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to 1.13.0, a malformed packet received during the SFTP connection handshake causes a Go panic. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-07-3117:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-52856?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-52856?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

OSV
pterodactyl/wings
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.13< 1.13.01.13.0

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update pterodactyl/wings to 1.13.0

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:25 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedlisbickq/CVE-2026-52856-PoC
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-07-31
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-129, CWE-248, CWE-617, CWE-755read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.6 %2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2026-07-31
Last Modified
2026-09-10
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-52856?

Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to 1.13.0, a malformed packet received during the SFTP connection handshake causes a Go panic. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.

Is CVE-2026-52856 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-52856 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.6% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-52856?

CVE-2026-52856 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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