CVE-2025-69199: Pterodactyl Wings's websocket endpoints have no visible rate limits or monitoring, allowing for DOS attacks under certain circumstances
Summary Websockets within wings lack proper rate limiting and throttling. As a result a malicious user can open a large number of connections and then request data through these sockets, causing an excessive volume of data over the network and overloading the host system memory and cpu.
Additionally, there is not a limit applied to the total size of messages being sent or received, allowing a malicious user to open thousands of websocket connections and then send massive volumes of information over the socket, overloading the host network, and causing increased CPU and memory load within Wings.
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Wings is the server control plane for Pterodactyl, a free, open-source game server management panel. Prior to version 1.12.0, websockets within wings lack proper rate limiting and throttling. As a result a malicious user can open a large number of connections and then request data through these sockets, causing an excessive volume of data over the network and overloading the host system memory and cpu. Additionally, there is not a limit applied to the total size of messages being sent or received, allowing a malicious user to open thousands of websocket connections and then send massive volumes of information over the socket, overloading the host network, and causing increased CPU and memory load within Wings. Version 1.12.0 patches the issue.
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What is the severity of CVE-2025-69199?
CVE-2025-69199 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial-of-service attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2025-69199?
To mitigate CVE-2025-69199, upgrade to Pterodactyl Wings version 1.12.0 or later where the vulnerability has been addressed.
What specific component is affected by CVE-2025-69199?
CVE-2025-69199 affects the websocket endpoints of Pterodactyl Wings prior to version 1.12.0.
What type of attack does CVE-2025-69199 enable?
CVE-2025-69199 enables denial-of-service (DoS) attacks due to the lack of rate limits or monitoring on websocket connections.
Is CVE-2025-69199 present in the latest version of Pterodactyl Wings?
No, CVE-2025-69199 has been fixed in Pterodactyl Wings version 1.12.0 and later.