{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1.7.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.13.0"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "dfa329ddf242908b60e22e3340ea36359eab1ef4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "98079a01660a61980fe62a72b2c1d48f99c35a5e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4de50090141f549967fa715ef42aaaee2b4fc983"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-xvc3-826v-xf47"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/61xxx/CVE-2026-61609.json"
  },
  "details": "Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel. From 1.7.0 until 1.13.0, the authentication rate limiter defined in RouteServiceProvider::configureRateLimiting() applied a single global bucket to the login and two-factor checkpoint endpoints instead of keying by IP or account: the fall-through Limit::perMinute(10) covering POST /auth/login and POST /auth/login/checkpoint omitted -\u003eby(), so Laravel derived a constant cache key (md5('authentication')) shared by every request. An unauthenticated attacker sending roughly ten requests per minute from a single IP, most cheaply against the checkpoint endpoint (which has no reCAPTCHA), exhausts the shared counter and causes HTTP 429 for every user attempting to log in or complete two-factor authentication, a panel-wide authentication denial of service that also locks out administrators. This issue is fixed in version 1.13.0.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-61609",
  "modified": "2026-08-01T03:33:10.329227872Z",
  "published": "2026-07-28T15:45:57.570Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/releases/tag/v1.13.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/61xxx/CVE-2026-61609.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/security/advisories/GHSA-xvc3-826v-xf47"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61609"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel/commit/98079a01660a61980fe62a72b2c1d48f99c35a5e"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Pterodactyl's shared global rate-limit key on login and 2FA checkpoint enables unauthenticated panel-wide authentication lockout (DoS)"
}