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CVE-2025-48927 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-08-04

TeleMessage TM SGNL vulnerability

TeleMessage TM SGNL exposes a heap dump endpoint via insecurely configured Spring Boot Actuator, allowing unauthenticated access to sensitive memory contents.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An exposed /heapdump endpoint permits attackers to extract heap memory dumps containing credentials, session tokens, and application secrets without authentication, enabling lateral movement and privilege escalation.

CISA KEV Yes · 2025-07-015EPSS 0.08659 (verify live)6CVSS 5.33CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: partial4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Reported exploitation
7 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-07-01).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.08659 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 5.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) · Affected: TeleMessage, TM SGNL. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CNA-assigned (CVE.org), version 3.1, set at disclosure.
CVE.org ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE — CNA-assigned (CVE.org); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CVE.org ↗Reported
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
CISA-ADP ↗Reported
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 34 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
WeaknessCWE-1188 · Insecure Default InitializationAuthorization / access control
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I discover the exposed /heapdump endpoint is accessible without credentials.
Business
Attackers gain direct access to application memory containing sensitive data.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I download the heap dump and extract plaintext credentials and API tokens from memory.
Business
Compromised credentials enable unauthorized access to user accounts and backend systems.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I use extracted tokens to impersonate legitimate users and access protected resources.
Business
User data confidentiality is breached; attackers gain persistent access to the platform.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • 7 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • CVSS 5.3 — CNA-assigned (CVE.org)
  • CISA SSVC triage disposition (CVE.org ADP)
  • CWE weakness mapping — CNA-assigned (CVE.org)
  • Catalogued by mitre (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by mitreCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.