CVE-2021-29466: Path Traversal at Discord-Recon .recon Command Path

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-24

Description

Discord-Recon is a bot for the Discord chat service. In versions of Discord-Recon 0.0.3 and prior, a remote attacker is able to read local files from the server that can disclose important information. As a workaround, a bot maintainer can locate the file `app.py` and add `.replace('..', '')` into the `Path` variable inside of the `recon` function. The vulnerability is patched in version 0.0.4.

Affected products

Discord-Recon: before 0.0.4 — fixed in 0.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Discord-Recon 0.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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