CVE-2022-51018

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

Published Sep 7, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 Input Validation via Book Pages PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 and 4.0.5 Input Validation via Book Pages
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First Time appeared Pmmp
Pmmp pocketmine-mp
Vendors & Products Pmmp
Pmmp pocketmine-mp
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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).
Title PocketMine-MP before 3.26.5 Input Validation via Book Pages
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2026, 3:21 PM
Reserved
Sep 5, 2026, 9:04 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 7, 2026, 1:17 PM
Modified
Nov 10, 2026, 12:10 PM