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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization IV affected
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1.0.12.68 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/drbloop2000/Sid-Meier-s-Civilization-VI-RCE/blob/main/Exploit.lua cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116370 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1013119 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/426334/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title 2K Games Sid Meier's Civilization IV Lua sandbox loadstring type confusion
First Time appeared 2k Games
2k Games sid Meiers Civilization Iv
Weaknesses CWE-843
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:2k_games:sid_meiers_civilization_iv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products 2k Games
2k Games sid Meiers Civilization Iv
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T16:15:11.957Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T08:08:44.693Z

Link: CVE-2026-116370

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-26T17:17:25.930

Modified: 2026-10-26T17:17:25.930

Link: CVE-2026-116370

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Updated: 2026-10-26T17:30:16Z

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