6.3Medium
CVE-2026-43980
Malla is a web analyzer for Meshtastic networks based on MQTT data. Prior to commit 4086e2b5f61615a813b70b25bc76095083552135, code names (long_name, short_name) received via MQTT are stored in SQLite without sanitization and rendered into the DOM without escaping. Any participant on a public Meshtastic MQTT broker can set a malicious node name that executes JavaScript in the browser of every Malla dashboard visitor. Commit 4086e2b5f61615a813b70b25bc76095083552135 fixes the issue.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 13% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.3 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Assigned by
- security-advisories@github.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-21
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/malla/PYSEC-2026-2618.yaml
- https://github.com/zenitraM/malla/commit/4086e2b5f61615a813b70b25bc76095083552135
- https://github.com/zenitraM/malla/security/advisories/GHSA-ch57-39q2-4crm
- https://github.com/zenitraM/malla/security/advisories/GHSA-ch57-39q2-4crm