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GHSA-2497-GP99-2M74

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-20 16:30 – Updated: 2026-01-20 16:30

Summary

Pterodactyl endlessly reprocesses/reuploads activity log data due to SQLite max parameters limit not being considered

Details

Summary

Wings does not consider SQLite max parameter limit when processing activity log entries allowing for low privileged user to trigger a condition that floods the panel with activity records

Details

After wings sends activity logs to the panel it deletes the processed activity entries from the wings SQLite database. However, it does not consider the max parameter limit of SQLite, 32766 as of SQLite 3.32.0.

If wings attempts to delete more than 32766 entries from the SQLite database in one query, it triggers an error (SQL logic error: too many SQL variables (1)) and does not remove any entries from the database. These entries are then indefinitely re-processed and resent to the panel each time the cron runs.

https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/activity_cron.go#L81 https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go#L86

PoC

Any method that can create the required 32767+ activity entries can trigger this vulnerability. It can (and has) been triggered by normal (non-malicious) use. I attached a simple PoC I used while verifying this that uses sftp to quickly create many small files, thus creating activity entries in the SQLite database. https://ptero.co/mococesoca.go

Impact

By successfully exploiting this vulnerability you can trigger a situation where wings will keep uploading the same activity data to the panel repeatedly (growing each time to include new activity) until the panels’ database server runs out of disk space.

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

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              "introduced": "1.7.0"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-19T20:15:49Z",
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  "details": "### Summary \nWings does not consider SQLite max parameter limit when processing activity log entries allowing for low privileged user to trigger a condition that floods the panel with activity records \n\n### Details \nAfter wings sends activity logs to the panel it deletes the processed activity entries from the wings SQLite database. However, it does not consider the max parameter limit of SQLite, 32766 as of SQLite 3.32.0. \n\nIf wings attempts to delete more than 32766 entries from the SQLite database in one query, it triggers an error (SQL logic error: too many SQL variables (1)) and does not remove any entries from the database. These entries are then indefinitely re-processed and resent to the panel each time the cron runs. \n\nhttps://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/activity_cron.go#L81\nhttps://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go#L86\n\n### PoC \nAny method that can create the required 32767+ activity entries can trigger this vulnerability. It can (and has) been triggered by normal (non-malicious) use. I attached a simple PoC I used while verifying this that uses sftp to quickly create many small files, thus creating activity entries in the SQLite database. \nhttps://ptero.co/mococesoca.go\n\n\n  \n\n### Impact \nBy successfully exploiting this vulnerability you can trigger a situation where wings will keep uploading the same activity data to the panel repeatedly (growing each time to include new activity) until the panels\u2019 database server runs out of disk space.",
  "id": "GHSA-2497-gp99-2m74",
  "modified": "2026-01-20T16:30:54Z",
  "published": "2026-01-20T16:30:54Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-2497-gp99-2m74"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21696"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/09caa0d4995bd924b53b9a9e9b4883ac27bd5607"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.12.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/activity_cron.go#L81"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdcdb1163da823cf9959b9602df9f7dcb54a/internal/cron/sftp_cron.go#L86"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Pterodactyl endlessly reprocesses/reuploads activity log data due to SQLite max parameters limit not being considered"
}

CVE-2026-21696 (GCVE-0-2026-21696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-19 19:25 – Updated: 2026-01-20 17:27

Title

Endless reprocessing/reupload of activity log data due to SQLite max parameters limit not being considered

Summary

Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Starting in version 1.7.0 and prior to version 1.12.0, Wings does not consider SQLite max parameter limit when processing activity log entries allowing for low privileged user to trigger a condition that floods the panel with activity records. After Wings sends activity logs to the panel it deletes the processed activity entries from the wings SQLite database. However, it does not consider the max parameter limit of SQLite, 32766 as of SQLite 3.32.0. If wings attempts to delete more than 32766 entries from the SQLite database in one query, it triggers an error (SQL logic error: too many SQL variables (1)) and does not remove any entries from the database. These entries are then indefinitely re-processed and resent to the panel each time the cron runs. By successfully exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can trigger a situation where wings will keep uploading the same activity data to the panel repeatedly (growing each time to include new activity) until the panels' database server runs out of disk space. Version 1.12.0 fixes the issue.

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdc…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/blob/9ffbcdc…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	pterodactyl	wings	Affected: >= 1.7.0, < 1.12.0

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GHSA-2497-GP99-2M74

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Impact

CVE-2026-21696 (GCVE-0-2026-21696)

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