CVE-2026-107181
Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 IPC Record Injection File Exfiltration via interpret: Scheme
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.6 High
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 7, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.6 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-143 Improper Neutralization of Record Delimiters
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Telegram DesktopTelegram |
|
References
- Telegram Desktop one-click account takeover write-uptechnical-descriptionexploit
- Patch Commitpatch
- Telegram Desktop v7.2.9 Release Notesrelease-notes
- Unescaped IPC record separator (v7.2.8)technical-description
- interpret: send-path handler (v7.2.8)technical-description
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktopproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 IPC Record Injection File Exfiltration via interpret: Schemethird-party-advisory
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