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Red-DiscordBot vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in commands API

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

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Affected versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-39905
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 19:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Red-DiscordBot vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in commands API

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Jul 2024, 15:43 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2024-39905
Complete source record
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