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Critical 9.3Published Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2026-40959Luanti 5 before 5.15.2, when LuaJIT is used, allows a Lua sandbox escape via a crafted mod.
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Luanti 5 before 5.15.2, when LuaJIT is used, allows a Lua sandbox escape via a crafted mod.
- CVSS
- 9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-829
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Luanti Luanti luanti:luanti (from the name) | from 5.0.0 before 5.15.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/security/advisories/GHSA-g596-mf82-w8c3
- https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/commit/8a929dfb97aa08337f49ba1bb96a56d6557dc896
- https://github.com/luanti-org/luanti/commit/53cef183e2a85a4daff84ac1a9a7946f940da8f8
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