What is CVE-2020-10570?

CVE-2020-10570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telegram. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-10570?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Telegram

CVE-2020-10570

The Telegram application through 5.12 for Android, when Show Popup is enabled, might allow physically proximate attackers to bypass intended restrictions on message reading and message replying. This might be interpreted as a bypass of the passcode feature.

Published 2020-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

github.com/VijayT007/Vulnerability-Database/blob/master/Telegram:CVE-2020-10570 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10570?: CVE-2020-10570 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Telegram. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-10570?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.