TI-2022-21436 Aliases CVE-2022-43673 GHSA-636w-x3wj-wj9p

Wire through 3.22.3993 on Windows advertises deletion of sent messages; nonetheless, all…

MEDIUM 55CWE-532Published 2022-11-18 · Updated 2025-04-30

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

Wire through 3.22.3993 on Windows advertises deletion of sent messages; nonetheless, all messages can be retrieved (for a limited period of time) from the AppData\Roaming\Wire\IndexedDB\https_app.wire.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb database.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00285 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
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
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire::::::windows::*	up to 3.22.3993	Vulnerable	wireapp

cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* Versions up to 3.22.3993 Vulnerable ·wireapp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-43673
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-636w-x3wj-wj9p

References

Exploit 1

https://www.secuvera.de/advisories/secuvera-SA-2022-01.txt

Other 1

https://wire.com/

TI-2020-16922 Wire before 2020-10-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-17935 Account takeover when having only access to a user's short lived token CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12333 Verified groups not reliable CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-12030 Insecure use of shell.openExternal in Wire CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
TI-2018-06447 The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-07678 DoS vulnerability: Malformed Resource Identifiers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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