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CVE-2022-35978 (GCVE-0-2022-35978)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-15 19:05 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Lua sandbox escape from mod in Minetest
Summary
Minetest is a free open-source voxel game engine with easy modding and game creation. In **single player**, a mod can set a global setting that controls the Lua script loaded to display the main menu. The script is then loaded as soon as the game session is exited. The Lua environment the menu runs in is not sandboxed and can directly interfere with the user's system. There are currently no known workarounds.
Severity
7.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 14:02 UTC
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
GitHub_M
CNA
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/minetest/minetest/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/da71e… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://dev.minetest.net/Changelog#5.5.0_.E2.86.9… | x_refsource_MISC |
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