USN-8366-1: Luanti vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 June 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Luanti.


Packages

  • luanti - free and open-source voxel game engine

Details

It was discovered that Luanti, when using LuaJIT, did not properly
enforce Lua sandbox restrictions. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-40959)

It was discovered that Luanti did not properly restrict access to
insecure environments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain unintended access to the insecure environment or HTTP API.
(CVE-2026-40960)

It was discovered that Luanti, when using LuaJIT, did not properly
enforce Lua sandbox restrictions. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-40959)

It was discovered that Luanti did not properly restrict access to
insecure environments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain unintended access to the insecure environment or HTTP API.
(CVE-2026-40960)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:


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