What is CVE-2022-24301?

CVE-2022-24301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minetest, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-24301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Minetest

CVE-2022-24301

In Minetest before 5.4.0, players can add or subtract items from a different player's inventory.

Published 2022-02-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Minetest
Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

github.com/minetest/minetest/security/advisories/GHSA-fvwv-qcq6-wmp5 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/3693b6871eba268ecc79b3f52d00d3cefe761131 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5075 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24301?: CVE-2022-24301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minetest, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-24301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.