CVE-2025-47729: TeleMessage TM SGNL Hidden Functionality Vulnerability
TeleMessage · TM SGNL · NVD published 2025-05-08 · posted 2025-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17
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.
| Weakness | CWE-912 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (source: [email protected]) |
| CISA due date | 2025-06-02 (for US federal agencies under BOD; a good deadline for everyone) |
| ATT&CK tactics | n/a |
Exploitation evidence
First exploit evidence seen: 2025-05-12 (earliest date across the sources below).
Exploited in the wild
- CISA KEV: listed since 2025-05-12. Source
Sources: CISA KEV.
No ATT&CK techniques could be mapped or inferred for this CVE yet.
How to fix it
CISA required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. (source: CISA KEV)
Fixed versions
- telemessage text message archiver: versions up to and including 2025-05-05 are affected; check the vendor advisory for the fixed release.
Derived from the NVD CPE configuration (versionEndExcluding / versionEndIncluding). Always confirm with the vendor advisory.
Vendor advisories and patches
Detection Generic guidance
Response checklist Generic guidance
- Inventory: find every instance of the affected product and version (include internet-facing and forgotten ones).
- Patch or mitigate per the vendor advisory; if you cannot patch, remove internet exposure or apply the vendor workaround.
- Assume compromise if the system was exposed before patching: hunt for the indicators in the advisory and review logs back to the disclosure date.
- Rotate credentials and secrets stored on or used by the affected system if compromise cannot be ruled out.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2025-47729
- CVE.org record
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- FIRST EPSS (2026-10-24)
- 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=43909220 (Press/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-2025-47729 (US Government Resource)