# CVE-2025-55177: A Meta Platforms WhatsApp bug is being used in attacks

Status: Being used now (CISA KEV, added 2025-09-02)
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## Agent prompt (read-only)
Read-only check, change nothing, send nothing anywhere.
Is Meta Platforms WhatsApp (CVE-2025-55177) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2025-55177. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.

## Official description
Meta Platforms WhatsApp contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability due to an incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages. This vulnerability could allow an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device.

## Sources
- https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55177
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55177

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