CVE-2020-17448

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Telegram Desktop through 2.1.13 allows a spoofed file type to bypass the Dangerous File Type Execution protection mechanism, as demonstrated by use of the chat window with a filename that lacks an extension.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-863

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34Third Party Advisory
https://telegram.orgVendor Advisory
https://github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram-CVE-2020-17448Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases/tag/v2.2.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-34Third Party Advisory
https://telegram.orgVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 11, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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