CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17613
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-522
Description
Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.16 alpha, when "Use proxy" is enabled, sends credentials and application data in cleartext over the SOCKS5 protocol.
Affected configurations
• telegram telegram desktop 1.3.16
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials weakness
References
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html Third Party Advisory