PocketMine-MP before 5.39.2 Denial of Service via ModalFormResponsePacket
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 · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
PocketMine-MP versions before 5.39.2 fail to limit JSON payload size in ModalFormResponsePacket handling, allowing authenticated players to cause denial of service. Attackers can send modal form response packets with massive JSON arrays to exhaust server memory and CPU resources, rendering the server unresponsive.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 5.39.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
pmmp PocketMine-MP 5.39.2
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58992 PocketMine-MP before 5.39.2 Item Duplication via Despawn StatePriority LOW 28
- TI-2026-58991 PocketMine-MP before 5.39.2 Network Amplification via ActorEventPacketPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86204
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-323m-6rhr-p53j
References
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-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
- TI-2022-26446 PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 and 4.0.5 Denial of Service via Skin Data CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-86204 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86204 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-323m-6rhr-p53j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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