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ghsa-53m8-q7p6-6hq3

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 01:33

Modified

2022-05-14 01:33

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

** DISPUTED ** The "secret chat" feature in Telegram 4.9.1 for Android has a "side channel" in which Telegram servers send GET requests for URLs typed while composing a chat message, before that chat message is sent. There are also GET requests to other URLs on the same web server. This also affects one or more other Telegram products, such as Telegram Web-version 0.7.0. In addition, it can be interpreted as an SSRF issue. NOTE: a third party has reported that potentially unwanted behavior is caused by misconfiguration of the "Secret chats > Preview links" setting.

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CVE-2018-20436 (GCVE-0-2018-20436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-12-24 20:00

Modified

2024-08-05 11:58

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

The "secret chat" feature in Telegram 4.9.1 for Android has a "side channel" in which Telegram servers send GET requests for URLs typed while composing a chat message, before that chat message is sent. There are also GET requests to other URLs on the same web server. This also affects one or more other Telegram products, such as Telegram Web-version 0.7.0. In addition, it can be interpreted as an SSRF issue. NOTE: a third party has reported that potentially unwanted behavior is caused by misconfiguration of the "Secret chats > Preview links" setting

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://misteralfa-hack.blogspot.com/2018/12/abusando-de-telegram-para-conseguir-una.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://misteralfa-hack.blogspot.com/2018/12/telegram-siempre-in-middle.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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