CVE-2022-51018

PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 and 4.0.5 Input Validation via Book Pages

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 04:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPocketMine-MP

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 and 4.0.x before 4.0.5 does not limit book page text length, page count, or author/title length. A player who obtains a writable book can create oversized NBT ('book bombs'), causing excess bandwidth consumption and server crashes (exceeding the 1 MB chunk size limit when saving region-based worlds in PM3, or exceeding the 32 KiB TAG_String limit in PM4).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.26.54.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.53.0.04.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.26.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0.5 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400

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