---
id: CVE-2026-52857
title: >-
  Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game
  server management panel
summary: >-
  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 configur…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-400
  - CWE-770
  - CWE-789
vendor: pterodactyl
product: github.com/pterodactyl/wings
affected:
  - github.com/pterodactyl/wings < 1.13.0
patched:
  - github.com/pterodactyl/wings 1.13.0
published: '2026-07-31'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T20:12:43.783'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52857'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/5f71f65711b6b9e6f913bec94a7b36d9a5eaae49
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/tag/v1.13.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm'
tags:
  - nvd
  - ghsa
  - go
epss: 0.00113
epssPercentile: 0.01612
aliases:
  - GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm
ecosystem: go
ingestedAt: '2026-07-31T17:00:00.173Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-52857)

Affected packages:

- `github.com/pterodactyl/wings < 1.13.0`

Patched in:

- `github.com/pterodactyl/wings 1.13.0`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm