Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The pocketmine/pocketmine-mp package for PHP is vulnerable in versions before 4.2.9. When a player performs an inventory action, the server deserializes item NBT sent by the client, and malformed data such as an incorrect list tag type for a block-related tag can crash the server. The source does not state what access an attacker needs beyond connecting as a client. Upgrade to version 4.2.9, which includes the fix; the workaround described in the source is non-trivial.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0053, the 44th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:06 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:06 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
- OSV: GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
- github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-g5rr-p69h-7v3g
- github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/5a98b08ee8dc8ff14862cd83d2e4af9d212fefc2
- github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP
- github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/blob/4.2.9/changelogs/4.2.md#429
- github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/releases/tag/4.2.9