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.
CVE-2022-51008
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-06. 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
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 22%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 6, 2026
Last Modified
September 8, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Sep 6, 2026PocketMine-MP before 4.12.3 Denial of Service via Unauthenticated Sessions | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-4.12.3-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-sessionscommit 59be901efe6b (pmmp/PocketMine-MP)
Fix landed in pmmp/PocketMine-MP commit 59be901efe6b — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/commit/59be901efe6b7833e69e638e0e1497051ce96fa7Unauthenticated sessions take up player slots, preventing players from joining · Advisory · pmmp/PocketMine-MP · GitHub
https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-474q-9hgp-hcvxVendor Advisories for CVE-2022-51008(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)
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- 2026-09-19 22:04 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-13 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-09 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-08 21:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-08 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-08 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-08 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-07 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-07 14:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 13:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-06 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 12:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-06 12:09 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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