CVE-2024-39905

Red-DiscordBot vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in commands API

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 11, 2024 at 03:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRed Discord BotRed Discord Bot

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Red is a fully modular Discord bot. Due to a bug in Red's Core API, 3rd-party cogs using the `@commands.can_manage_channel()` command permission check without additional permission controls may authorize a user to run a command even when that user doesn't have permissions to manage a channel. None of the core commands or core cogs are affected. The maintainers of the project are not aware of any _public_ 3rd-party cog utilizing this API at the time of writing this advisory. The problem was patched and released in version 3.5.10.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.5.0 ≤ v < 3.5.103.5.0
Affected range stops below 3.5.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.5.10
Affected range stops below 3.5.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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