Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2022-51011PocketMine-MP before 4.2.10 Denial of Service via Chat Messages
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in PocketMine-MP from pmmp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
PocketMine-MP before 4.2.10 fails to validate the total length of incoming chat message blobs before splitting them by newline characters, allowing attackers to send large messages containing many newlines. Malicious clients can send megabyte-sized chat packets and bombard the server with thousands of such messages, causing server lockups lasting seconds or minutes.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | pocketmine/pocketmine-mp | 4.2.10 | GHSA-gj94-v4p9-w672 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| pmmp | PocketMine-MP | 0 – before 4.2.10 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-gj94-v4p9-w672) vendor-advisory
- Patch Commit patch
- VulnCheck Advisory: PocketMine-MP before 4.2.10 Denial of Service via Chat Messages third-party-advisory