Resource exhaustion in Pmmp Pocketmine-Mp

CVE-2025-71418

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-71418: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-71418?
CVE-2025-71418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pmmp Pocketmine-Mp, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-71418?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.