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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15172

The Act module for Red Discord Bot before commit 6b9f3b86 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. With this exploit, Discord users can use specially crafted messages to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information. Unloading the Act module with `unload act` can render this exploit inaccessible.

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CVE-2020-15172
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31 Oct 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15172

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2020, 19:15 UTC

The Act module for Red Discord Bot before commit 6b9f3b86 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. With this exploit, Discord users can use specially crafted messages to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information. Unloading the Act module with `unload act` can render this exploit inaccessible.

osv:CVE-2020-15172
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15172",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2020-15172",
    "summary": "The Act module for Red Discord Bot before commit 6b9f3b86 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. With this exploit, Discord users can use specially crafted messages to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information. Unloading the Act module with `unload act` can render this exploit inaccessible.",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
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            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:52.885601279Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383075,
  "published_at": "2020-09-15T19:15:13.057+00:00"
}