CVE-2023-25152 HIGH

CVE-2023-25152: Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following in github.com/pterodactyl/wings

Vendor Pterodactyl
Product wings
Weakness CWE-59
Published February 8, 2023
Last update March 10, 2025

CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Wings is Pterodactyl's server control plane. Affected versions are subject to a vulnerability which can be used to create new files and directory structures on the host system that previously did not exist, potentially allowing attackers to change their resource allocations, promote their containers to privileged mode, or potentially add ssh authorized keys to allow the attacker access to a remote shell on the target machine. In order to use this exploit, an attacker must have an existing "server" allocated and controlled by the Wings Daemon. This vulnerability has been resolved in version `v1.11.3` of the Wings Daemon, and has been back-ported to the 1.7 release series in `v1.7.3`. Anyone running `v1.11.x` should upgrade to `v1.11.3` and anyone running `v1.7.x` should upgrade to `v1.7.3`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. ### Workarounds None at this time.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 8, 2023 CVE published
March 10, 2025 Record updated