PocketMine-MP versions before 5.3.1 and 4.23.1 contain a denial of service vulnerability in LoginPacket JSON parsing due to improper null value handling in arrays. Attackers can send malformed JSON with unexpected null elements in LoginPacket to crash the server.
CVE-2023-54390
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(high)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
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How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 27%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 9, 2026
Last Modified
September 9, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026PocketMine-MP before 5.3.1 Denial of Service via LoginPacket | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pocketmine-mp-before-5.3.1-denial-of-service-via-loginpacketCrash when handling unexpected `NULL` values in JSON arrays in `LoginPacket` · Advisory · pmmp/PocketMine-MP · GitHub
Affected: 5.3.1 and 4.23.1 by updating JsonMapper to include the following commit:
https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/security/advisories/GHSA-92jh-gwch-jq38Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-54390(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 | 5.0.0 ... 5.3.0 (9 versions) | 5.3.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 40× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-19 02:37 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-13 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-12 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-12 14:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-12 10:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-11 09:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-11 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-11 09:34 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-10 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-10 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 20:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 20:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-09 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-09 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-09 13:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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