HTB Season 10: Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl is a Linux Medium that puts a popular open source game server panel front and center. If you’ve ever set up a Minecraft or game hosting environment, the interface will feel familiar, which makes spotting what’s wrong with it a bit more satisfying.

What’s Inside

• A known vulnerability in a widely deployed panel. Enumeration pays off here
• Database access as a stepping stone, not the final goal
• Credential reuse across services (classic, but it works)
• A privilege escalation that builds naturally on what you already have

HTB Season 10 is still active. Full writeup drops once this machine retires.