🛡️ CVE-2026-52856 — wings

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-52856 is classified as CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index. An index derived from input is used without a range check, so the access lands outside the array.

Affected software

CVE-2026-52856 is recorded against 2 packages.

• github.com/pterodactyl/wings
• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Fix)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

github.com/pterodactyl/wings has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-54593 (8.0 High, published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-52857 (published 18 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-52855 (9.5 Critical, published 18 Aug 2026)
• GO-2026-5814 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• GHSA-rhq6-9rgh-v45c (published 26 Jun 2026)
• GO-2026-4497 (published 23 Feb 2026)
• GHSA-hr7j-63v7-vj7g (8.0 High, published 17 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2025-69199 (8.0 High, published 3 Feb 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-129: Improper Validation of Array Index) in other software:

• CVE-2014-4616 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20601 (published 12 Feb 2026)
• CVE-2022-50315 (7.8 High, published 15 Sep 2025)
• CVE-2022-50066 (7.8 High, published 18 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2022-49720 (7.8 High, published 26 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2022-49548 (7.8 High, published 26 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2022-49478 (7.8 High, published 26 Feb 2025)
• CVE-2022-49471 (8.8 High, published 26 Feb 2025)

Details

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References