What is CVE-2022-51008?

CVE-2022-51008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pmmp Pocketmine-Mp, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-51008?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Pmmp Pocketmine-Mp

CVE-2022-51008

PocketMine-MP before 4.12.3 fails to limit unauthenticated sessions, allowing attackers to exhaust player slots by creating sessions without sending LoginPacket. Attackers can flood the server with unauthenticated connections that occupy max-player slots, preventing legitimate players from joining.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Pmmp Pocketmine-mp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-51008?: CVE-2022-51008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pmmp Pocketmine-Mp, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-51008?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.