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Fedora 43 Minetest 5.15.2 Advisory on Unauthorized Access and Lua Escape

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Minetest 5.15.2 on Fedora 43 resolves critical security issues including Lua sandbox escapes.
5.15.2

Summary

Game of mining, crafting and building in the infinite world of cubic blocks with

optional hostile creatures, features both single and the network multiplayer

mode, mods. Public multiplayer servers are available.

Update Information:

5.15.2

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Topics Covered

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Change Log

* Thu Apr 16 2026 Gwyn Ciesla - 5.15.2-1 - 5.15.2 * Sun Mar 22 2026 Bjrn Esser - 5.15.1-2 - Rebuild (jsoncpp)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2458512 - minetest-5.15.2 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458512 [ 2 ] Bug #2458908 - CVE-2026-40960 minetest: Luanti: Unauthorized access to insecure environment via crafted module [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458908 [ 3 ] Bug #2458909 - CVE-2026-40959 minetest: Luanti: Lua sandbox escape via crafted mod [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458909

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-52b9116b3d' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: minetest
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 5.15.2
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://luanti.org
Summary: Multiplayer infinite-world block sandbox with survival mode

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