CVE-2026-42188: Geyser Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via Player Head Texture URL in Geyser

May 5, 2026

A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Geyser’s handling of Bedrock player head texture data. By supplying a crafted Base64-encoded skin texture URL via the /give command, an attacker can cause the Minecraft server to issue arbitrary HTTP GET requests to attacker-controlled or internal endpoints. This occurs server-side, without proper URL validation, and can be triggered by a Bedrock client.

References

github.com/GeyserMC/Geyser
github.com/GeyserMC/Geyser/security/advisories/GHSA-xcfg-fcr5-gw9r
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xcfg-fcr5-gw9r
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42188

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