CVE-2025-21608 (GCVE-0-2025-21608)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-18 18:17 – Updated: 2025-02-19 15:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Forged packets over MQTT can show up in direct messages in Meshtastic firmware
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-19 14:44 UTC
CWE
- CWE-668 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| meshtastic | firmware |
Affected:
>= 2.5.0, <= 2.5.18
|
guessed |
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