CVE-2025-49132 Pterodactyl Panel Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary Remote Code Execution
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via the locale endpoint, leading to full server compromise and data theft.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-49132?
CVE-2025-49132 is a critical code injection vulnerability in pterodactyl panel, published on 20 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to version 1.11.11, using the /locales/locale.json with the locale and namespace query parameters, a malicious actor is able to execute arbitrary code without being authenticated. With the ability to execute arbitrary code it could be used to gain access to the Panel's server, read credentials from the Panel's config, extract sensitive information from the database, access files of servers managed by the panel, etc. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.11. There are no software workarounds for this vulnerability, but use of an external Web Application Firewall (WAF) could help mitigate this attack.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49132?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pterodactyl/panel.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pterodactyl/panel Packagist | All versions | 1.11.11 |
pterodactyl/panel Packagist | All versions | 1.11.11 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-49132?
Upgrade pterodactyl/panel to 1.11.11 or later.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-49132 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-49132 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry, 1 Nuclei template and 27 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24wv-6c99-f843.