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Critical · 9.4 CVE-2025-55293 EUVD-2025-25140

Meshtastic allows crafting of specific NodeInfo packets that overwrite any publicKey saved in the NodeDB

Published Aug 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 18, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
meshtastic firmware < 2.6.3 —

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