{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pterodactyl/panel.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-61609 exists.","fix":"Upgrade pterodactyl/panel to 1.13.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-61609 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in pterodactyl panel, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-61609 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-61609 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in pterodactyl panel, published on 28 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-61609 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- pterodactyl/panel (Packagist): affected from 1.7.0; fixed in 1.13.0\n- pterodactyl/panel (Packagist): affected from 1.7.0; fixed in 1.13.0\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-2026-61609/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61609/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-61609","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61609/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-61609","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xvc3-826v-xf47"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Game server panel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An unauthenticated attacker can exhaust a shared rate-limit bucket to lock out all users from logging into the Pterodactyl panel.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-770","name":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling"}],"description":"Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. From 1.7.0 until 1.13.0, the authentication rate limiter defined in RouteServiceProvider::configureRateLimiting() applied a single global bucket to the login and two-factor checkpoint endpoints instead of keying by IP or account: the fall-through Limit::perMinute(10) covering POST /auth/login and POST /auth/login/checkpoint omitted -\u003eby(), so Laravel derived a constant cache key (md5('authentication')) shared by every request. An unauthenticated attacker sending roughly ten requests per minute from a single IP, most cheaply against the checkpoint endpoint (which has no reCAPTCHA), exhausts the shared counter and causes HTTP 429 for every user attempting to log in or complete two-factor authentication, a panel-wide authentication denial of service that also locks out administrators. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.","ecosystems":["Packagist"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Pterodactyl's shared global rate-limit key on login and 2FA checkpoint enables unauthenticated panel-wide authentication lockout (DoS)","id":"CVE-2026-61609","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Packagist","product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Lychee: unauthenticated photo starring reveals existence of private photos when photos_star_visibility=anonymous","id":"CVE-2026-61610"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.13.0"],"introduced":["1.7.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pterodactyl/panel","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-xvc3-826v-xf47"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.13.0"],"introduced":["1.7.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"pterodactyl/panel","purl":"pkg:composer/pterodactyl/panel","source":"GHSA-xvc3-826v-xf47"}],"prev":{"headline":"Missing authorization in SolidInvoice","id":"CVE-2026-61608"},"products":["panel"],"published":"2026-07-28","related":[],"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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-07-28","vendors":["pterodactyl"]},"summary":"An unauthenticated attacker can exhaust a shared rate-limit bucket to lock out all users from logging into the Pterodactyl panel.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-61609/"}