The light level of a chest within a minecart, both placed by the player and naturally generating in mineshafts, is set to the light level of the player/the block player is standing on.
Steps to reproduce:
Load into a creative world and enter the command /time set night
place a rail, then place a minecart with chest on top.
move 15-20 blocks away and place a torch or other light source.
Observe that the light level of the chest inside the minecart changes with the player's.
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