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GHSA-G7M2-HJXW-27H7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-28 18:33 – Updated: 2025-05-28 18:33

Details

The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on the client side (e.g., the TM SGNL app) to do MD5 hashing, and then accepts the hash as the authentication credential, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-48925 (GCVE-0-2025-48925)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-01 19:48 Exclusively Hosted Service

Summary

The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on the client side (e.g., the TM SGNL app) to do MD5 hashing, and then accepts the hash as the authentication credential.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-836 - Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	TeleMessage	service	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2025-05-05 (custom)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-G7M2-HJXW-27H7

CVE-2025-48925 (GCVE-0-2025-48925)

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