Description
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 `builtin/init.lua` and adding the line `getfenv = nil` at the end. Note that this will break mods relying on this function (which is not inherently unsafe).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| luanti-org | luanti | >= 5.0.0, < 5.15.2 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | luanti | 5.15.2+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | luanti | 5.10.0+dfsg-5+deb13u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | luanti | 5.10.0+dfsg-5+deb13u1build0.26.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | luanti | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS | minetest | 5.6.1+dfsg+~1.9.0mt8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8732-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | minetest | 5.4.1+repack-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8732-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | minetest | 5.1.1+repack-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | USN-8732-1 |
Advisories 1
- USN-8732-1 minetest vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Sep 8, 2026