CVE-2026-52857: Wings: Maliciously or erroneously created parsed config files can cause wings process to OOM

July 31, 2026

Config file parsers, json, yaml, xml etc in parser.go have no file size limit/checks, allowing for a giant config file to potentially OOM the wings process.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm
github.com/pterodactyl/wings/commit/5f71f65711b6b9e6f913bec94a7b36d9a5eaae49
github.com/pterodactyl/wings/releases/tag/v1.13.0
github.com/pterodactyl/wings/security/advisories/GHSA-q6hh-gp44-4hcm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52857

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