meshtastic — security advisory

{
  "id": "b54f1ca6ae555b02e3d0a7b6708b07f682372a26957cd1b25b576d4c14d12844",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079",
    "summary": "Meshtastic is an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. Meshtastic firmware is an open source firmware implementation for the broader project. The remote hardware module of the firmware does not have proper checks to ensure a remote hardware control message was received should be considered valid. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.5.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "meshtastic",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.6.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.6.4-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "meshtastic",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.7.7-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.8-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.9-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.9-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.10-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.10-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.11-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "meshtastic",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/meshtastic?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.6.0-1",
            "2.6.4-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "python3-meshtastic",
                "binary_version": "2.6.4-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "meshtastic",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/meshtastic?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.7.7-1",
            "2.7.8-1",
            "2.7.9-1",
            "2.7.9-2",
            "2.7.10-1",
            "2.7.10-2",
            "2.7.11-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47079.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "python3-meshtastic",
                "binary_version": "2.7.11-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:45.329975601Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2024-47079"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-47079",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47079",
        "https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware/security/advisories/GHSA-h8mh-p4r3-4jv7"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-47079",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 356149,
  "published_at": "2024-10-07T20:15:00+00:00"
}