A security flaw has been discovered in 2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization VI 1.0.12.68. The affected element is the function loadstring of the component Lua sandbox. Performing a manipulation results in type confusion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Public exploits 1
- drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE PoC on GitHub
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Change history 9
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-28 17:38
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-28 17:38
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-27 05:47
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-27 06:17
- DescriptionNVD modified 2026-10-27 06:17
A security flaw has been discovered in 2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization IV 1.0.12.68. The affected element is the function loadstring of the component Lua sandbox. Performing a manipulation results in type confusion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.A security flaw has been discovered in 2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization VI 1.0.12.68. The affected element is the function loadstring of the component Lua sandbox. Performing a manipulation results in type confusion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure. - StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-26 16:15
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-26 18:39
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-26 16:15
- First seenCVSS 2.1NVD modified 2026-10-26 17:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:2k:sid_meiers_civilization_vi:1.0.12.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE/blob/main/Exploit.lua Product
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116370 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1013119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334/cti Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry