PocketMine-MP before 4.18.0-ALPHA2 Bandwidth Amplification via InventoryTransactionPacket
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
PocketMine-MP before 4.18.0-ALPHA2 fails to rate-limit mismatch type InventoryTransactionPacket requests, allowing attackers to trigger excessive inventory synchronization. Attackers can send numerous mismatch transactions to force the server to transmit large amounts of serialized inventory data, consuming significant bandwidth without authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA PocketMine-MP (pmmp) Fixed in 4.18.0-ALPHA2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54394
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52jh-wmr6-rc6r
References
Patch 1
More pmmp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-58990 PocketMine-MP before 5.41.1 LogDoS via LoginPacket clientData CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58988 PocketMine-MP before 5.43.1 Denial of Service via unauthenticated login CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58993 PocketMine-MP before 5.39.2 Denial of Service via ModalFormResponsePacket CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-38460 PocketMine-MP before 5.11.1 Denial of Service via LoginPacket CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2023-30643 PocketMine-MP before 4.20.5 Denial of Service via LoginPacket CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2023-30640 PocketMine-MP before 5.3.1 Denial of Service via LoginPacket CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2023-54394 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-54394 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-52jh-wmr6-rc6r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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