Ciphertext Malleability in TETRA
Priority LOW 32CWE-353Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Lack of cryptographic integrity check on TETRA air-interface encrypted traffic. Since a stream cipher is employed, this allows an active adversary to manipulate cleartext data in a bit-by-bit fashion.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00264 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETSI | TETRA Standard | all and later | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- TETRA Standard VendorETSI Affected all and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:midnightblue:tetra\:burst:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | burst | Vulnerable | Midnightblue |
- cpe:2.3:a:midnightblue:tetra\:burst:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions burst Vulnerable ·Midnightblue
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24404
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6p5-xfhf-88h8
References
Advisory 1
More ETSI vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08278 Intentionally weakened effective strength in TETRA TEA1 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08277 Keystream recovery for arbitrary frames in TETRA CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-08276 DCK pinning attack in TETRA CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-06649 The ETSI Enterprise Transport Security (ETS, formerly known as eTLS) protocol does not… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2022-08279 De-anonymization attack in TETRA CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2022-24404 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-24404 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h6p5-xfhf-88h8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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