Pterodactyl Panel - RCE (CVE-2025-49132)

CVE-2025-49132 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Pterodactyl, a free open-source game server management panel. Malicious actor could execute arbitrary code without being authenticated, leading to further system compromise of the affected machine.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 30th of June 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2025-49132 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2025-49132 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending requests to the /locales/locale.json endpoint. Arbitrary system paths can then be read and run from the locale query parameter.