CVE-2025-55293 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-55293: Meshtastic allows crafting of specific NodeInfo packets that overwrite any publicKey saved in the NodeDB

Vendor Meshtastic
Product firmware
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published August 18, 2025
Last update August 18, 2025

CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 18, 2025 CVE published
August 18, 2025 Record updated