Pterodactyl Panel has plain-text logging of user passwords when two-factor authentication is disabled

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

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

EPSS

• CVE-2024-49762: 0.14% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 3.45 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

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Impact When a user disables two-factor authentication via the Panel, a DELETE request with their current password in a query parameter will be sent. While query parameters are encrypted when using TLS, many webservers (including ones officially documented for use with Pterodactyl) will log query parameters in plain-text, storing a user's password in plain text. If a malicious user obtains access to these logs they could potentially authenticate against a user's account; assuming they are able to discover the account's email address or username separately. Patches This problem has been patched by <https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/8be2b892c3940bdc0157ccdab16685a72d105dd1 on the 1.0-develop branch and released under v1.11.8 as a single commit on top of v1.11.7 <https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/75b59080e2812ced677dab516222b2a3bb34e3a4 Patch file: <https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/8be2b892c3940bdc0157ccdab16685a72d105dd1.patch Workarounds There are no…

Published by the source

24 Oct 2024, 19:07 UTC

Last modified by the source

25 Oct 2024, 16:47 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 14:28 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2024-49762

Advisory: Pterodactyl Panel has plain-text logging of user passwords when two-factor authentication is disabled
IDs: CVE-2024-49762, GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2024-49762 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:28 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.6)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: pterodactyl/panel 1.11.8. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist pterodactyl/panel: affected < 1.11.8; fixed in 1.11.8

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist pterodactyl/panel: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on pterodactyl/panel.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-c479-wq8g-57hr lists affected ranges: Packagist pterodactyl/panel >=0 <1.11.8)

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