If you use Lua only for your configuration data, patching the Lua interpreter to limit the CPU time is rather easy: Increment a counter within your lua_State st

If you use Lua only for your configuration data, patching the Lua interpreter to limit the CPU time is rather easy: Increment a counter within your lua_State struct here: https://github.com/lua/lua/blob/c33b1728aeb7dfeec4013562660e07d32697aa6b/lvm.c#L1150 https://github.com/lua/lua/blob/c33b1728aeb7dfeec4013562660e..., then abort once you reach a limit.