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minetest — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35978

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.

Products
minetest
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.5.0+dfsg+~1.9.0mt4+dfsg-2
CVEs
CVE-2022-35978
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35978

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Aug 2022, 19:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35978

minetest

Fixed versions: 5.5.0+dfsg+~1.9.0mt4+dfsg-2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-35978",
  "method": "structured",
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    "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.",
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    "severity": "critical",
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/minetest?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:02:31.264387888Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 323517,
  "published_at": "2022-08-15T19:15:08.89+00:00"
}