FKIE_CVE-2025-48931

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-28 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:30
Severity
3.2 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on MD5 for password hashing, which opens up various attack possibilities (including rainbow tables) with low computational effort.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/Press/Media Coverage
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smarsh telemessage *
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  "id": "CVE-2025-48931",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:30:30.470",
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