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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 4.9/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| TeleMessage | archiving backend | <= 2025-05-05 |
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
Timeline
- Published
- May 8, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- Added to CISA KEV
- May 12, 2025
- NVD status
- Analyzed