CVE-2025-47729
What it is
The TeleMessage archiving backend through 2025-05-05 holds cleartext copies of messages from TM SGNL (aka Archive Signal) app users, which is different functionality than described in the TeleMessage "End-to-End encryption from the mobile phone through to the corporate archive" documentation, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. Limited direct impact.
- In the wild
- CISA lists this as exploited in real attacks. Treat as urgent.
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- 2025-05-12 Exploited in the wildAdded to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list
- 2025-06-02 Remediation deadlineCISA's due date for federal agencies to fix it
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2025-05-12
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-912
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Telemessage Text Message Archiver ≤ 2025-05-05
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 1.9
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/telemessage_investigating/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-47729