CVE-2026-47197 Quest Bot: Discord moderation role hierarchy bypass in ban, kick, mute, unmute, warn, and nickname commands
Lower-ranked moderators can bypass Discord role hierarchy to ban, kick, or modify higher-ranked users via the Quest Bot.
- 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-2026-47197?
CVE-2026-47197 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in duck-organization questbot, published on 12 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 Discord Bot. Prior to version 1.1.6, a moderator with the relevant Discord permission bit can use the bot to moderate users above them in the Discord role hierarchy, as long as the bot itself outranks the target. This bypasses Discord’s normal role hierarchy protections and lets lower-ranked moderators ban, kick, timeout, untimeout, warn, or rename higher-ranked users. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.6.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-47197?
How do I fix CVE-2026-47197?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-47197 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-2026-47197 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-47197 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qw95-583r-hrwp.