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CVE-2026-107181NVD
Vulnerability Summary
Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 contains an IPC record-separator injection vulnerability in Core::Sandbox that allows remote attackers to inject OPEN: records via crafted tg:// links containing unescaped semicolons. Attackers can reach the interpret: scheme handler to upload local files, including tdata session keys, to an attacker channel, enabling account takeover.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 8.6 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionPassive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.1 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
- Telegram Telegram Desktop < 7.2.9
- Telegram Telegram Desktop 7.2.9
External References
- https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590a
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.2.9
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/sandbox.cpp#L362-L364
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/support/support_helper.cpp#L673-L751
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-before-7.2.9-ipc-record-injection-file-exfiltration-via-interpret-scheme