CVE-2026-107181 (GCVE-0-2026-107181)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-07 13:35 – Updated: 2026-10-07 17:04
VLAI
Title
Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 IPC Record Injection File Exfiltration via interpret: Scheme
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-07 16:06 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-143 - Improper Neutralization of Record Delimiters
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Telegram Telegram Desktop Affected: 0 , < 7.2.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.9 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-09-16 00:00
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