Low

Inability to de-op players if listed in ops.txt with non-lowercase letters

  • Disclosed: 16.12.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Originally reported in iTXTech/Genisys#1188

PotterHarry98
potterharry98

deop PotterHarry98

will remove potterharry98 from the ops.txt but not PotterHarry98.

Operator permissions are checked using Config->exists() with lowercase=true, which will result in a match: https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/blob/22bb1ce8e03dba57173debf0415390511d68e045/src/utils/Config.php#L449

This means that it's possible to make yourself impossible to de-op (using commands) by adding your name to ops.txt with uppercase letters.

Patches

4d37b79ff7f9d9452e988387f97919a9a1c4954e

Workarounds

This can be easily addressed by removing the offending lines from ops.txt manually.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package pocketmine/pocketmine-mp < 4.0.3 4.0.3

References

CVSS score 3.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Composer
Package
pocketmine/pocketmine-mp
Disclosed
16.12.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j5qg-w9jg-3wg3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: pocketmine/pocketmine-mp

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (30) in the archive
Total entries
30
First → latest
11.2020 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 20
  • Medium 8
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 1
  3. 2022: 11
  4. 2023: 8
  5. 2024: 2
  6. 2025: 2
  7. 2026: 5
Severity:
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-54392 >= 4.20.0, < 4.22.3, >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1 4.22.3, 5.2.1
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51012 < 4.2.9 4.2.9
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51014 >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.7 4.0.7
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51015 < 4.0.6 4.0.6
  5. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-51017 < 3.26.5, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 3.26.5, 4.0.5
  6. Inability to de-op players if listed in ops.txt with non-lowercase letters this entry
    Low · 3.3 CVE-2021-48006 < 4.0.3 4.0.3
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