# CVE-2026-116370: 2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization VI Lua sandbox loadstring type confusion

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-26. Updated: 2026-11-02.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- 2K Games / Sid Meier's Civilization VI: 1.0.12.68 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 6.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 6.3 (medium); CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 7.5 (high); AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR; source: CNA: VulDB

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.39% as of 2026-11-02; percentile 33.38%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-843

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE/blob/main/Exploit.lua (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116370 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1013119 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE (CNA: VulDB; related)

- https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE/blob/main/Exploit.lua (CNA: VulDB; exploit)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116370; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-116370; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated Not reported

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