PocketMine-MP server crash with certain invalid JSON payloads in `LoginPacket` due to dependency vulnerability (again)
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Impact An attacker could crash PocketMine-MP by sending malformed JSON in `LoginPacket`. This happened due to the particular handling of NULL types in the json mapper which accepts NULL type values in typed arrays which PocketMine-MP did not expect. Code processing arrays in the JSON data could then crash due to unexpected `NULL` elements. ### Patches This problem was fixed in 5.3.1 and 4.23.1 by updating JsonMapper to include the following commit: pmmp/netresearch-jsonmapper@4f90e8dab1c9df331fad7d3d89823404e882668c An upstream patch for this issue was proposed via https://github.com/cweiske/jsonmapper/pull/211; however, as of 2024-05-15, the patch has not been accepted upstream due to debate about how to deal with the behavior. For now, a fork of JsonMapper is used by PocketMine-MP to workaround the issue. ### Workarounds A plugin may handle `DataPacketReceiveEvent` for `LoginPacket` and check that none of the input arrays contain `NULL` where it's not expected, but this is rather cumbersome. ### References Proposed upstream patch for a behavior change: https://github.com/cweiske/jsonmapper/pull/211
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) | 5.0.0 to before 5.3.1 | 5.3.1 | Patch available | GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38 |
| — | pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) | before 4.23.1 | 4.23.1 | Patch available | GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38 |
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.3.1 Fixed in 5.3.1 Patch available GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.23.1 Fixed in 4.23.1 Patch available GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38 pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Fixed in 5.3.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38 pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Fixed in 4.23.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38
References
Sources
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