GHSA-pfvc-3p5h-x7h6
Wings exposes node configuration secrets through egg configuration-file templating
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/pterodactyl/wings | < 1.12.3 | 1.12.3 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
**Type:** Exposure of sensitive information / insufficiently protected credentials
leading to privilege escalation and full node compromise.
Wings exposes its **entire** daemon configuration to the egg configuration-file
templating engine. When Wings renders a server's configuration files, any
`{{config.<path>}}` placeholder in a replacement value is resolved against the
full marshalled daemon configuration, with no restriction on which paths may be
read.
Because the Panel substitutes **user-controlled** egg variable values into these
replacements before sending them to Wings, a low-privileged user can smuggle a
`{{config.*}}` placeholder through a variable value. The placeholder is then
resolved by Wings and written into a file inside the user's own server, where it
can be read via the file manager or SFTP.
This allows reading, among other values:
- `{{config.token}}` - the node's daemon token, which is both the API bearer for
the Panel⇆Wings channel **and** the HMAC signing key for every JWT the node
issues;
- `{{config.token_id}}`;
- `{{config.docker.registries}}` - configured container-registry credentials.
**Who is impacted:** Any deployment where a user who is not fully trusted can set
an egg variable value (e.g. a server owner or a subuser with the `startup.update`
permission) **and** the server's egg renders a user-editable variable into a
configuration file via `{{server.build.env.*}}`. This pattern is common across
stock and community eggs, so most multi-tenant / shared-hosting deployments are
affected.
**Resulting impact:** Disclosure of the node daemon token lets the attacker forge
authentication tokens and act against **every server on that node**, a full-node compromise reachable from a low-privileged
account.
### Patches
Yes. Fixed in **Wings `v1.12.3`** (Panel is unaffected; the fix is Wings-only).
Wings no longer exposes its full configuration to the templating engine only an
explicit, non-secret subset (the Docker network interface) can be resolved by
`{{config.*}}` placeholders.
Users should upgrade Wings to `v1.12.3` or later.
**After upgrading, rotate the affected nodes' daemon tokens**, since a previously
exfiltrated token remains valid until rotated (Admin → Nodes → Configuration →
reset the token, then re-deploy `config.yml` to the node).
### Workarounds
For operators who cannot upgrade immediately:
- Audit your eggs and ensure no **user-editable** variable is rendered into a
configuration file, or mark such variables non-editable.
These reduce exposure but are not a complete fix; upgrading Wings is the
recommended action.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.