Description
An issue was discovered in the org.telegram.messenger application 4.8.11 for Android. The Passcode feature allows authentication bypass via runtime manipulation that forces a certain method's return value to true. In other words, an attacker could authenticate with an arbitrary passcode. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not an attack of interest within the context of their threat model, which excludes Android devices on which rooting has occurred
Published: 2018-10-09
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:54:03.611Z

Reserved: 2018-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-15542

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:54:03.611Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-09T17:29:01.427

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:51:02.420

Link: CVE-2018-15542

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