SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
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CVE-2026-52857

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-07-31 · Last synced 2026-08-30

CyberRota Analysis

AI-Generated

Wings, the server control plane for Pterodactyl, is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion attack due to unbounded parsing of oversized json, yaml, and xml configuration files in versions prior to 1.13.0. This vulnerability can lead to denial of service by exhausting the process memory, impacting the availability of game server management. Users and administrators of Pterodactyl should prioritize upgrading to version 1.13.0 to mitigate this risk.

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CVE
CVE-2026-52857
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.11%

Original NVD Description

Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to 1.13.0, unbounded json, yaml, and xml configuration-file parsers in parser.go can process an oversized non-file parser configuration file and exhaust Wings process memory. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.