CVE-2025-47729
TeleMessage TM SGNL Hidden Functionality Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 2 June 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 12 May 2025 · due 2 June 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-912
- Affected
- telemessage/text message archiver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions. Absent mitigating instructions from the vendor, discontinue use of the product. ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47729
References
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked/Press/Media Coverage
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220Press/Media Coverage
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/telemessage_investigating/Press/Media Coverage
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-47729US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.