CVE-2022-51014 PocketMine-MP before 4.0.7 Denial of Service via JSON Decoding
High 7.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-51014 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-51014 is a high-severity vulnerability in pmmp PocketMine-MP, published on 7 Sep 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-51014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected packages and fixed versions:
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.7
- pocketmine/pocketmine-mp (Packagist): affected from 4.0.0; fixed in 4.0.7
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-51014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-51014/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-51014?
CVE-2022-51014 is a high-severity vulnerability in pmmp PocketMine-MP, published on 7 Sep 2026.
Official description
PocketMine-MP before 4.0.7 contains an unhandled exception vulnerability in the ModalFormResponsePacket handler when processing malformed JSON from clients. Attackers can send specially crafted form response packets with invalid JSON to trigger an uncaught InvalidArgumentException, causing server crashes.
Weakness: CWE-248
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-51014?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including pocketmine/pocketmine-mp.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
pocketmine/pocketmine-mp Packagist | From 4.0.0 | 4.0.7 |
pocketmine/pocketmine-mp Packagist | From 4.0.0 | 4.0.7 |
How do I fix CVE-2022-51014?
Upgrade pocketmine/pocketmine-mp to 4.0.7 or later.
Is CVE-2022-51014 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-51014 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fxr-c74g-3268, GHSA-wjfq-88q2-r34j.