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GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f: PocketMine-MP: Network amplification vulnerability with `ActorEventPacket`

April 6, 2026

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f
  • github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP
  • github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/aeea1150a772a005b92bd418366f1b7cf1a91ab5
  • github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.39.2

Fixed versions

  • 5.39.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.39.2 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-406: Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)

Source file

packagist/pocketmine/pocketmine-mp/GHSA-7hmv-4j2j-pp6f.yml

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