CVE-2018-17613

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

Telegram Desktop: 1.3.16-alpha

References

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280
https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/280
https://www.inputzero.io/2018/09/telegram-share-password-in-cleartext.html

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