CVE-2026-41196
Description
A flaw was found in Luanti (formerly Minetest), an open-source game platform. A malicious mod, when executed within the LuaJIT environment, can bypass security restrictions designed to isolate it. This allows the mod to execute unauthorized code and gain full access to the user's device, potentially leading to a complete system compromise.
Statement
This vulnerability is only exploitable when using LuaJIT. You can use luanti --version to determine the type of Lua in use.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability,Access Control,Other
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Read Application Data; Modify Application Data; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Other
Exposing critical functionality essentially provides an attacker with the privilege level of the exposed functionality. This could result in the modification or exposure of sensitive data or possibly even execution of arbitrary code.
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