# CVE-2024-39905: Red-DiscordBot vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in commands API

- Also known as: GHSA-5JQ8-Q6RJ-9GQ4, PYSEC-2026-1865
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.5.10
- Published: 2024-07-11 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Cog-Creators Red-DiscordBot: from 3.5.0, fixed in 3.5.10
- red-discordbot (PyPI): from 3.5.0, fixed in 3.5.10

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cog-Creators Red-DiscordBot, red-discordbot, upgrade to a fixed version (3.5.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-5jq8-q6rj-9gq4
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/6398
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/commit/0b0b23b9717b40ed4f8715720b199417c8e89750

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