CVE-2021-27204
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to...
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to information disclosure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2021-27204- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to information disclosure.
- Record
CVE-2021-27204- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13969 No score
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to information disclosure.
- Record
EUVD-2021-13969- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3hrw-324r-f9xj No score
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to...
Telegram before 7.4 (212543) Stable on macOS stores the local passcode in cleartext, leading to information disclosure.
- Record
GHSA-3hrw-324r-f9xj- Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27204 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Telegram, published February 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.