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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-41196

Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform.

Published Apr 23, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Luanti (formerly Minetest) is

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41196. EPSS is 0.68%. Act only if a listed version of Luanti (formerly Minetest) is is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Luanti (formerly Minetest) is).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.68%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe minetest/minetest

Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform. Starting in version 5.0.0 and prior to version 5.15.2, a malicious mod can trivially escape the sandboxed Lua environment to execute arbitrary code and gain full filesystem access on the user's device. This applies to the server-side mod, async and mapgen as well as the client-side (CSM) environments. This vulnerability is only exploitable when using LuaJIT. Version 5.15.2 contains a patch. On release versions, one can also patch this issue without recompiling by editing and adding the line at the end. Note that this will break mods relying on this function (which is not inherently unsafe).

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  • cpe minetest/minetestversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-41196

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41196. EPSS is 0.68%. Act only if a listed version of Luanti (formerly Minetest) is is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 0.68%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform. Starting in version 5.0.0 and prior to version 5.15.2, a malicious mod can trivially escape the sandboxed Lua environment to execute arbitrary code and gain full filesystem access on the user's device. This applies to the server-side mod, async and mapgen as well as the client-side (CSM) environments. This vulnerability is

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform. Starting in version 5.0.0 and prior to version 5.15.2, a malicious mod can trivially escape the sandboxed Lua environment to execute arbitrary code and gain full filesystem access on the user's device. This applies to the server-side mod, async and mapgen as well as the client-side (CSM) environments. This vulnerability is

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41196

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-41196

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41196

    Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform. Starting in version 5.0.0 and prior to version 5.15.2, a malicious mod can trivially escape the sandboxed Lua environment to execute arbitrary code and gain full filesystem access on the user's device. Thi

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.