CVE-2026-107181
Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 contains an IPC record-separator injection vulnerability in…
- Risk score
- 59/100
- CVSS
- 8.1 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 7 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 7.2.9 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.1 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop
- 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/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590a
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.2.9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-before-7.2.9-ipc-record-injection-file-exfiltration-via-interpret-scheme
Original description
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.
Last activity 7 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.