What is CVE-2021-29493?

CVE-2021-29493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-29493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

RCE in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs

CVE-2021-29493

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.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2021-05-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs — versions < 5a84d60018468e5c0346f7ee74b2b4650a6dade7
Kennnyshiwa-Cogs Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

github.com/kennnyshiwa/kennnyshiwa-cogs/security/advisories/GHSA-f4j2-2cwr-h473 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/kennnyshiwa/kennnyshiwa-cogs/commit/5a84d60018468e5c0346f7ee74b2b465…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29493?: CVE-2021-29493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-29493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.