FKIE_CVE-2026-107181

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-07 14:17 - Updated: 2026-10-07 17:16
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/sandbox.cpp#L362-L364
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/support/support_helper.cpp#L673-L751
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590a
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.2.9
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-before-7.2.9-ipc-record-injection-file-exfiltration-via-interpret-scheme
Impacted products
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