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CVE-2026-86201

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Unauthenticated Denial of Service in PocketMine-MP LoginPacket Handling

CVSS 4.0
8.7 high
EPSS
<1%p27
Published
()
Modified
AI analysis

PocketMine-MP before 5.41.1 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability (CWE-400) in the processing of LoginPackets. During login, unknown properties in the clientData JWT are logged without sanitization, so a crafted LoginPacket containing deeply nested or extremely large object structures generates excessive logging and can drive the server into an out-of-memory condition. An unauthenticated remote attacker needs no credentials or user interaction to crash an affected server, interrupting gameplay for all connected players until the process is restarted. Any operator running PocketMine-MP prior to version 5.41.1 is affected. No public proof-of-concept has been published and the flaw is not listed in CISA KEV, so exploitation is not currently known.

What to do: Upgrade to PocketMine-MP 5.41.1 or later, which fixes the LoginPacket handling issue. Until patched, minimize exposure of the Bedrock game port to untrusted networks and monitor server logs and memory for crashes triggered at login. No public exploit exists yet, but any unauthenticated player can trigger the flaw, so treat internet-exposed servers as at risk.

Affected
PocketMine-MP Project (pmmp) PocketMine-MPall versions before 5.41.1
Estimated exposure
largeon the order of tens of thousands of community-run Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers (estimate) — PocketMine-MP is one of the most widely deployed third-party Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server platforms, and its large open-source community and plugin ecosystem indicate deployment in the tens of thousands of servers, though exact…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description

PocketMine-MP before 5.41.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket processing where large or complex structures in unknown clientData JWT properties cause excessive logging without sanitization. Attackers can send crafted LoginPackets with deeply nested or massive object structures to trigger out-of-memory conditions and crash the server.

Weakness
CWE-400
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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