TI-2025-31069 Aliases CVE-2025-48929 GHSA-5wx3-hjmf-qcgx

Insecure storage of sensitive information in TeleMessage service

MEDIUM 42CWE-922Published 2025-05-28 · Updated 2025-07-01

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-922 and CWE-613.

Summary

The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 implements authentication through a long-lived credential (e.g., not a token with a short expiration time) that can be reused at a later date if discovered by an adversary.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00333 26th 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	service	up to 2025-05-05	—	No fix listed	CNA

service VendorTeleMessage Affected up to 2025-05-05 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:smarsh:telemessage::::::::	up to 2025-05-05	Vulnerable	Smarsh

cpe:2.3:a:smarsh:telemessage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2025-05-05 Vulnerable ·Smarsh

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-48929
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5wx3-hjmf-qcgx

References

Other 1

https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/

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-2025-31065 The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on the client side (e.g., the TM SGNL… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-30217 Hard-coded credentials in TeleMessage archiving backend CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-31066 Authentication bypass in TeleMessage service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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