CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-55293

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 18, 2025 | Modified: Oct 17, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Meshtastic is an open source mesh networking solution. Prior to v2.6.3, an attacker can send NodeInfo with a empty publicKey first, then overwrite it with a new key. First sending a empty key bypasses if (p.public_key.size > 0) {, clearing the existing publicKey (and resetting the size to 0) for a known node. Then a new key bypasses if (info->user.public_key.size > 0) {, and this malicious key is stored in NodeDB. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.3.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Meshtastic_firmware Meshtastic * 2.6.3 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References