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CVE-2020-17448

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.28% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-08-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2020-17448
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.28%

Original NVD 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.