CVE-2026-47163 Quest Bot: Unprivileged users can create and remove AutoMod rules.
Unprivileged Discord users can create or remove AutoMod rules, allowing them to delete other users' messages without moderator permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-47163?
CVE-2026-47163 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in duck-organization quest-bot, published on 11 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Quest Bot is an opensource modern Discord Bot built for moderation, utilities and support. Prior to version 1.0.1, any guild member who can invoke slash commands can use /automod add, /automod remove, and /automod list because the command has no Discord default permission requirement and no runtime moderator permission check. An attacker can add a rule matching common text and make the bot delete other users’ messages. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.1.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47163?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47163?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-47163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-47163 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-47163 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rphh-4h68-qr3j.