CVE-2018-20436

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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:telegram:telegram:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:telegram:web:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:56

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Summary ** 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. 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

Information

Published : 2018-12-24 20:29

Updated : 2024-04-11 01:01


NVD link : CVE-2018-20436

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20436

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20436


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Products Affected

telegram

  • web
  • telegram
CWE
CWE-918

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)