# CVE-2023-32080: Wings vulnerable to escape to host from installation container > Attackers can escape the installation container to execute code on the host system by manipulating install scripts or user-supplied data. - **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 10 May 2023 - **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025 - **Also known as:** GHSA-p744-4q6p-hvc2, GO-2023-1768 ## What is CVE-2023-32080? CVE-2023-32080 is a critical vulnerability in pterodactyl wings, published on 10 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. ### Official description Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl Panel. A vulnerability affecting versions prior to 1.7.5 and versions 1.11.0 prior to 1.11.6 impacts anyone running the affected versions of Wings. This vulnerability can be used to gain access to the host system running Wings if a user is able to modify an server's install script or the install script executes code supplied by the user (either through environment variables, or commands that execute commands based off of user data). This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.6` of Wings, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.5`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.6` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.5`. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading. Running Wings with a rootless container runtime may mitigate the severity of any attacks, however the majority of users are using container runtimes that run as root as per the Wings documentation. SELinux may prevent attackers from performing certain operations against the host system, however privileged containers have a lot of freedom even on systems with SELinux enabled. It should be noted that this was a known attack vector, for attackers to easily exploit this attack it would require compromising an administrator account on a Panel. However, certain eggs (the data structure that holds the install scripts that get passed to Wings) have an issue where they are unknowingly executing shell commands with escalated privileges provided by untrusted user data. Weakness: CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32080? 5 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/pterodactyl/wings. It affects 1 product. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `github.com/pterodactyl/wings` | Go | All versions | 1.7.5, 1.11.6 | | `github.com/pterodactyl/wings` | Go | All versions | 1.7.5 | | `github.com/pterodactyl/wings` | Go | All versions | 1.7.5 | | `github.com/pterodactyl/wings` | Go | From 1.11.0 | 1.11.6 | | `github.com/pterodactyl/wings` | Go | From 1.11.0 | 1.11.6 | Products: Pterodactyl Wings. ## How do I fix CVE-2023-32080? Upgrade github.com/pterodactyl/wings to a fixed version for your release line: 1.7.5 or 1.11.6. ## Is CVE-2023-32080 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32080 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in pterodactyl wings - [CVE-2024-27102](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-27102/): Improper isolation of server file access in github.com/pterodactyl/wings (critical 10.0) - [CVE-2023-25168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25168/): Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following allowing the deletion of files and directories on the host system in wings (critical 9.6) - [CVE-2024-34066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34066/): Arbitrary File Write/Read in Pterodactyl wings (high 8.5) - [CVE-2023-25152](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25152/): Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings (high 8.4) - [CVE-2025-69199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69199/): Pterodactyl websocket endpoints have no visible rate limits or monitoring, allowing for DOS attacks (high 8.3) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32080 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2023-32080 is a critical vulnerability in pterodactyl wings, published on 10 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32080 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected packages and fixed versions: - github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.5, 1.11.6 - github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.5 - github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected all versions; fixed in 1.7.5 - github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected from 1.11.0; fixed in 1.11.6 - github.com/pterodactyl/wings (Go): affected from 1.11.0; fixed in 1.11.6 Task: 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32080/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32080/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32080 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32080 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32080 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32080/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.