Description
Telegram Desktop (aka tdesktop) 1.3.14, and Telegram 3.3.0.0 WP8.1 on Windows, leaks end-user public and private IP addresses during a call because of an unsafe default behavior in which P2P connections are accepted from clients outside of the My Contacts list.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | telegram-desktop | 1.4.0-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | telegram-desktop | 1.4.0-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | telegram-desktop | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | telegram-desktop | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | telegram-desktop | No fix yet | — |