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The images are still present in the /Storage/Emulated/0/Telegram/Telegram Image/ directory.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00329,"percentile":0.2641,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2021-10-04T02:58:42Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:30:26Z","products":[{"vendor":"telegram","product":"telegram"}],"references":[{"url":"https://habr.com/ru/post/580582/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://telegram.org/blog/autodelete-inv2/ru#avtomaticheskoe-udalenie-soobschenii","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://desktop.telegram.org/changelog#v-2-6-23-02-21","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://pikabu.ru/story/konfidentsialnost_polzovateley_telegram_snova_narushena_predstaviteli_messendzhera_trebuyut_ne_raskryivat_podrobnostey_8511495","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41861"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jqr-8pg4-3xwp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-41861","description":"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. 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