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Malicious clients can send specially crafted InventoryTransactionPackets with multiple conflicting pathways to cause exponential processing complexity, freezing the server.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-06T12:00:22.145Z","modified":"2026-10-08T15:20:49.991Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:47.22408Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-31270","description":"PocketMine-MP versions before 3.15.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the InventoryTransaction component's findResultItem() method. 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When multiple pathways to a result existed, the complexity of this flattening became exponential.\n\nThe problem was fixed by bailing when ambiguities are detected.\n\n**At the time of writing, this exploit is being used in the wild by attackers to deny service to servers.**\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to 3.15.4 or newer.\n\n### Workarounds\nNo practical workarounds are possible, short of backporting the fix or implementing checks in a plugin listening to `DataPacketReceiveEvent`.\n\n### References\nc368ebb5e74632bc622534b37cd1447b97281e20\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email us at [team@pmmp.io](mailto:team@pmmp.io)","status":"published","published":"2020-11-11T21:38:18Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:03:55Z","cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:07.581563Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-37277","description":"PocketMine-MP versions before 3.15.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the InventoryTransaction component's findResultItem() method. 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When multiple pathways to a result existed, the complexity of this flattening became exponential.\n\nThe problem was fixed by bailing when ambiguities are detected.\n\n**At the time of writing, this exploit is being used in the wild by attackers to deny service to servers.**\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to 3.15.4 or newer.\n\n### Workarounds\nNo practical workarounds are possible, short of backporting the fix or implementing checks in a plugin listening to `DataPacketReceiveEvent`.\n\n### References\nc368ebb5e74632bc622534b37cd1447b97281e20\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email us at [team@pmmp.io](mailto:team@pmmp.io)","status":"published","published":"2020-11-11T21:38:18Z","modified":"2026-09-08T12:38:07.821798547Z","cwes":["CWE-400"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:42.437513Z"}]}}