PocketMine-MP: Network amplification vulnerability with `ActorEventPacket`
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 The server handles `ActorEventPacket` to trigger consuming animations from vanilla clients when they eat food or drink potions. This can be abused to make the server spam other clients, and to waste server CPU and memory. For every `ActorEventPacket` sent by the client, an animation event will be sent to every other player the attacker is visible to. This is similar to various other vulnerabilities which were fixed in the network overhaul of PM4 (e.g. `AnimatePacket` and `LevelSoundEventPacket`), but somehow this one slipped through the net. ### Patches The problem was addressed in aeea1150a772a005b92bd418366f1b7cf1a91ab5 by changing the mechanism for consuming animations to be fully controlled by the server. `ActorEventPacket` from the client is now discarded. ### Workarounds A plugin could use `DataPacketDecodeEvent` to rate-limit `ActorEventPacket` to prevent the attack.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) | before 5.39.2 | 5.39.2 | Patch available | GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f |
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 5.39.2 Fixed in 5.39.2 Patch available GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist) Fixed in 5.39.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f
References
Sources
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