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.
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Description 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.
Title Malla: Stored XSS via Meshtastic node names in multiple frontend pages
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T21:17:45.430Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T20:24:31.916Z

Link: CVE-2026-43980

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-21T22:16:37.563

Modified: 2026-08-21T22:16:37.563

Link: CVE-2026-43980

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T22:45:04Z