CVE-2021-29493

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-29493 · Published 06/05/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-29493 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting kennnyshiwa-cogs (kennnyshiwa-cogs project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.94%, higher than 61.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2021-05-05 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
kennnyshiwa-cogs kennnyshiwa-cogs_project	`< 2021-05-05`	`2021-05-05`

Description

Kennnyshiwa-cogs contains cogs for Red Discordbot. An RCE exploit has been found in the Tickets module of kennnyshiwa-cogs. This exploit allows discord users to craft a message that can reveal sensitive and harmful information. Users can upgrade to version 5a84d60018468e5c0346f7ee74b2b4650a6dade7 to receive a patch or, as a workaround, unload tickets to render the exploit unusable.

References

kennnyshiwa/kennnyshiwa-cogs commit 5a84d60
kennnyshiwa/kennnyshiwa-cogs security advisory · Patch

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