CVE-2026-107181Telegram Desktop before 7.2.9 IPC Record Injection File Exfiltration via interpret: Scheme
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, higher than 26% of scored CVEs.
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-143
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.34% (percentile 26)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Telegram Telegram Desktop telegram:desktop (from the name) | before 7.2.9; 7.2.9 not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/technical-description, exploit
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590apatch
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.2.9release-notes
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/sandbox.cpp#L362-L364technical-description
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/support/support_helper.cpp#L673-L751technical-description
- https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktopproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-before-7.2.9-ipc-record-injection-file-exfiltration-via-interpret-schemethird-party-advisory
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