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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-47729 is rated Active Exploitation (70/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.15%). Core evidence: CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2025-05-12) affecting TeleMessage / TM SGNL. a weakness (CWE-912) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +1.65% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.
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: TeleMessage TM SGNL Hidden Functionality Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail
: 2025-05-12
: 2025-06-02
: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-04 | 2.50% | 4.15% | +1.65% |
| 2 | 2026-01-22 | 2.15% | 2.50% | +0.34% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 2.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 3.1 | LOW |
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0.5 | 1.4 | [email protected] |
| 4.9 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.2 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| telemessage | text_message_archiver | <= 2025-05-05 | cpe:2.3:a:telemessage:text_message_archiver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-clone-used-by-trump-official-stops-operations-after-report-it-was-hacked/ | Press/Media Coverage |
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909220 | Press/Media Coverage |
| https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/telemessage_investigating/ | Press/Media Coverage |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-47729 | US Government Resource |