{"answers":{"affected":"5 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/pterodactyl/wings. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25168 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade github.com/pterodactyl/wings to a fixed version for your release line: 1.7.4 or 1.11.4.","what":"CVE-2023-25168 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in pterodactyl wings, published on 8 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25168 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-25168 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in pterodactyl wings, published on 8 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25168 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.4, 1.11.4\n- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.4\n- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.4\n- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected from 1.11.0; fixed in 1.11.4\n- github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected from 1.11.0; fixed in 1.11.4\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25168/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-25168","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25168/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-25168","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63","GO-2023-1555"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Pterodactyl server control plane","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with an allocated server can delete files and directories on the host system via symlink following in Wings.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"wings","vendor":"pterodactyl"}],"cvss":{"score":9.6,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"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.","ecosystems":["Go"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings","id":"CVE-2023-25168","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Go","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":5,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Yearly Review Plugin leaking anonymised users data in discourse-yearly-review","id":"CVE-2023-25169"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.7.4","1.11.4"],"introduced":["0","1.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/pterodactyl/wings","source":"GO-2023-1555"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.7.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.7.4"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/pterodactyl/wings","source":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.11.4"],"introduced":["1.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63"},{"ecosystem":"Go","fixed":["1.11.4"],"introduced":["1.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"github.com/pterodactyl/wings","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/pterodactyl/wings","source":"GHSA-66p8-j459-rq63"}],"prev":{"headline":"Regular expression denial of service via installing themes via git in discourse","id":"CVE-2023-25167"},"products":["wings"],"published":"2023-02-08","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Improper isolation of server file access in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","id":"CVE-2024-27102","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-13"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Wings vulnerable to escape to host from installation container","id":"CVE-2023-32080","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-10"},{"cvss_score":8.5,"headline":"Arbitrary File Write/Read in Pterodactyl wings","id":"CVE-2024-34066","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-03"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings","id":"CVE-2023-25152","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-08"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Pterodactyl websocket endpoints have no visible rate limits or monitoring, allowing for DOS attacks","id":"CVE-2025-69199","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-19"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Endless reprocessing/reupload of activity log data due to SQLite max parameters limit not being considered","id":"CVE-2026-21696","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Go Vulnerability Database","prefix":"GO"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-10","vendors":["pterodactyl"]},"summary":"An attacker with an allocated server can delete files and directories on the host system via symlink following in Wings.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25168/"}