CVE-2025-47729
The TeleMessage archiving backend through 2025-05-05 holds cleartext copies of messages from TM...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
1.9
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-47729- CVSS 3.1
- 1.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14003
1.9
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14003- CVSS 3.1
- 1.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h5qv-qcjq-wcff
1.9
The TeleMessage archiving backend through 2025-05-05 holds cleartext copies of messages from TM...
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.
- Record
GHSA-h5qv-qcjq-wcff- CVSS 3.1
- 1.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
TeleMessage TM SGNL Hidden Functionality Vulnerability
TeleMessage TM SGNL contains a hidden functionality vulnerability in which the archiving backend holds cleartext copies of messages from TM SGNL application users.
- Record
CVE-2025-47729- Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
1.9
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-47729- CVSS 3.1
- 1.9 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-912
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-47729 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 1.9) in Telemessage Archiving Backend, published May 8, 2025. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since May 12, 2025. EUVD reports exploitation since May 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220
arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked
theregister.com/2025/05/05/telemessage_investigating
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-47729
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47729
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5qv-qcjq-wcff