{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "7.5.0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "7.8.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "dd2b001b957520d1219775f7c347d640e4633d1d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/drklo/telegram",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The Telegram application 7.5.0 through 7.8.0 for Android does not properly implement image self-destruction, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-16248. After approximately two to four uses of the self-destruct feature, there is a misleading UI indication that an image was deleted (on both the sender and recipient sides). The images are still present in the /Storage/Emulated/0/Telegram/Telegram Image/ directory.",
  "id": "CVE-2021-41861",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:33.414058290Z",
  "published": "2021-10-04T03:15:16.787Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://desktop.telegram.org/changelog#v-2-6-23-02-21"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://habr.com/ru/post/580582/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://pikabu.ru/story/konfidentsialnost_polzovateley_telegram_snova_narushena_predstaviteli_messendzhera_trebuyut_ne_raskryivat_podrobnostey_8511495"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://telegram.org/blog/autodelete-inv2/ru#avtomaticheskoe-udalenie-soobschenii"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}