Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Oct 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15542
CVE-2018-15542
Description
An issue was discovered in the org.telegram.messenger application 4.8.11 for Android. The Passcode feature allows authentication bypass via runtime manipulation that forces a certain method's return value to true. In other words, an attacker could authenticate with an arbitrary passcode. NOTE: the vendor indicates that this is not an attack of interest within the context of their threat model, which excludes Android devices on which rooting has occurred
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
1- Range: = 4.8.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- gist.github.com/tanprathan/18d0f692a2485acfb5693e2f6dabeb5dnvdThird Party Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.