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CVE-2025-21608
Meshtastic MQTT PKC Decoding Vulnerability (Authentication Bypass)
Description

Meshtastic is an open source mesh networking solution. In affected firmware versions crafted packets over MQTT are able to appear as a DM in client to a node even though they were not decoded with PKC. This issue has been addressed in version 2.5.19 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 18, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 18, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

Exploitability Score :

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-21608 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Meshtastic meshtastic_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/security/advisories/GHSA-c967-qc39-3hf5

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Meshtastic is an open source mesh networking solution. In affected firmware versions crafted packets over MQTT are able to appear as a DM in client to a node even though they were not decoded with PKC. This issue has been addressed in version 2.5.19 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-668
    Added Reference https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/security/advisories/GHSA-c967-qc39-3hf5
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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