Hard-coded credentials in TeleMessage archiving backend
Priority LOW 33CWE-798Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
The TeleMessage archiving backend through 2025-05-05 accepts API calls (to request an authentication token) from the TM SGNL (aka Archive Signal) app with the credentials of logfile for the user and enRR8UVVywXYbFkqU#QDPRkO for the password.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00386 32nd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TeleMessage | archiving backend | up to 2025-05-05 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- archiving backend VendorTeleMessage Affected up to 2025-05-05 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-47730
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qc4-m2hc-5vc5
References
Other 4
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked/
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/telemessage_investigating/
- https://github.com/micahflee/TM-SGNL-Android/blob/bd7ccbb8bc79193fc4c57cae7cc1051e6250fa89/app/src/tm/java/org/archiver/ArchiveConstants.kt#L45-L46
More TeleMessage vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31067 The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 configures Spring Boot Actuator with an… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-30216 The TeleMessage archiving backend through 2025-05-05 holds cleartext copies of messages… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2025-31068 The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 is based on a JSP application in which the… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.0
- TI-2025-31069 Insecure storage of sensitive information in TeleMessage service CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-31065 The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on the client side (e.g., the TM SGNL… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-31066 Authentication bypass in TeleMessage service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-47730 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-47730 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9qc4-m2hc-5vc5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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