High
telegram-desktop — security advisory
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.
- Products
- telegram-desktop
- Affected versions
- 1.1.23-1, 1.1.23-1build1, 1.1.23-2, 1.1.23-3, 1.2.15-1, 1.2.15-1build1, 1.2.17-1, 1.2.6-1, 1.2.6-2, 1.2.6-2build1, 1.2.6-2build2, 1.2.6-2build3, 1.8.15-2, 1.8.8-1, 1.9.14+ds-1, 1.9.14+ds-2, 1.9.21+ds-1, 1.9.8~slim-1, 2.0.1+ds-1, 2.0.1+ds-1build1, 2.1.7+ds-2~ubuntu20.04.1, 3.1.1+ds-1, 3.1.1+ds-1~ubuntu20.04.1, 3.5.2+ds-1, 3.6.1+ds-2build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-107181
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-107181
telegram-desktop
Fixed versions: Not specified
telegram-desktop
Fixed versions: Not specified
telegram-desktop
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/",
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