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title: "CVE-2026-107181: Telegram Desktop - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Telegram Desktop < 7.2.9 contains an IPC record-separator injection vulnerability in Core::Sandbox, letting remote attackers inject OPEN: records via crafted tg:// links to upload local files and enable account takeover, exploit requires crafted tg:// links with unescaped semicolons."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-107181/
---

# CVE-2026-107181 Telegram Desktop - Authentication Bypass

Telegram Desktop < 7.2.9 contains an IPC record-separator injection vulnerability in Core::Sandbox, letting remote attackers inject OPEN: records via crafted tg:// links to upload local files and enable account takeover, exploit requires crafted tg:// links with unescaped semicolons.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.34% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107181)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

7 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-143](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/143.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 7.2.9 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107181](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107181)
- [https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590a](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/db3405699f8fc3ae28a58d2348b7d13a43c0590a)
- [https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v7.2.9](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](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-before-7.2.9-ipc-record-injection-file-exfiltration-via-interpret-scheme)
- [https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/](https://beaksec.github.io/posts/telegram-desktop-one-click-account-takeover/)
- [https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop](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/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/blob/v7.2.8/Telegram/SourceFiles/support/support_helper.cpp#L673-L751)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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