PocketMine-MP versions before 5.25.2 fail to limit the explode() function in packet parsing, allowing malicious clients to waste server resources. Attackers can send crafted packets with excessive delimiters to consume CPU and memory through sign editing, JWT parsing, and command parsing endpoints.
CVE-2025-71418
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 34%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 9, 2026
Last Modified
September 9, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026PocketMine-MP before 5.25.2 Denial of Service via explode | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-5.25.2-denial-of-service-via-explodecommit d0d84d4c5195 (pmmp/PocketMine-MP)
Fix landed in pmmp/PocketMine-MP commit d0d84d4c5195 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/d0d84d4c5195fb0a68ea7725424fda63b85cd831Malicious client data wasting server resources due to lack of limits for explode() · Advisory · pmmp/PocketMine-MP · GitHub
Affected: 5.25.2 via
https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-g274-c6jj-h78pVendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71418(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pocketmine/pocketmine-mp | 3.0.0 ... 5.9.0 (349 versions) | 5.25.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 13:10 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:52 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-16 14:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-15 15:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-15 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-15 03:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 16:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-12 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-12 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-11 09:36 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-10 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-09 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 13:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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