diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_meta_test.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_meta_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6336ff1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_meta_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/netbirdio/netbird/shared/management/proto"
+)
+
+func TestExtractPeerMeta_RemovesNulAndInvalidUTF8(t *testing.T) {
+	meta := extractPeerMeta(context.Background(), &proto.PeerSystemMeta{
+		Hostname:        "host\x00name",
+		OS:              "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00s",
+		OSVersion:       "11\xff",
+		SysSerialNumber: "SN\x00\x00",
+		Environment:     &proto.Environment{Cloud: "\x00aws"},
+		NetworkAddresses: []*proto.NetworkAddress{
+			{NetIP: "192.168.0.1/24", Mac: "e0:d5\x00"},
+		},
+		Files: []*proto.File{{Path: "C:\\x\x00.exe"}},
+	})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "hostname", meta.Hostname)
+	assert.Equal(t, "s", meta.OS)
+	assert.Equal(t, "11", meta.OSVersion)
+	assert.Equal(t, "SN", meta.SystemSerialNumber)
+	assert.Equal(t, "aws", meta.Environment.Cloud)
+	assert.Equal(t, "e0:d5", meta.NetworkAddresses[0].Mac)
+	assert.Equal(t, "C:\\x.exe", meta.Files[0].Path)
+}
+
+func TestCleanClientString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]string{
+		"":                    "",
+		"\x00\x00":            "",
+		"Wïndows":             "Wïndows",
+		"ssh-ed25519 AAA\x00": "ssh-ed25519 AAA",
+		"bad\xc3\x28utf8":     "bad(utf8",
+	}
+	for in, want := range tests {
+		assert.Equal(t, want, cleanClientString(in), "input %q", in)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go
index 51023c34d..b48a86d55 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/server.go
@@ -553,9 +553,9 @@ func extractPeerMeta(ctx context.Context, meta *proto.PeerSystemMeta) nbpeer.Pee
 		return nbpeer.PeerSystemMeta{}
 	}
 
-	osVersion := meta.GetOSVersion()
+	osVersion := cleanClientString(meta.GetOSVersion())
 	if osVersion == "" {
-		osVersion = meta.GetCore()
+		osVersion = cleanClientString(meta.GetCore())
 	}
 
 	networkAddresses := make([]nbpeer.NetworkAddress, 0, len(meta.GetNetworkAddresses()))
@@ -567,36 +567,36 @@ func extractPeerMeta(ctx context.Context, meta *proto.PeerSystemMeta) nbpeer.Pee
 		}
 		networkAddresses = append(networkAddresses, nbpeer.NetworkAddress{
 			NetIP: netAddr,
-			Mac:   addr.GetMac(),
+			Mac:   cleanClientString(addr.GetMac()),
 		})
 	}
 
 	files := make([]nbpeer.File, 0, len(meta.GetFiles()))
 	for _, file := range meta.GetFiles() {
 		files = append(files, nbpeer.File{
-			Path:             file.GetPath(),
+			Path:             cleanClientString(file.GetPath()),
 			Exist:            file.GetExist(),
 			ProcessIsRunning: file.GetProcessIsRunning(),
 		})
 	}
 
 	return nbpeer.PeerSystemMeta{
-		Hostname:           meta.GetHostname(),
-		GoOS:               meta.GetGoOS(),
-		Kernel:             meta.GetKernel(),
-		Platform:           meta.GetPlatform(),
-		OS:                 meta.GetOS(),
+		Hostname:           cleanClientString(meta.GetHostname()),
+		GoOS:               cleanClientString(meta.GetGoOS()),
+		Kernel:             cleanClientString(meta.GetKernel()),
+		Platform:           cleanClientString(meta.GetPlatform()),
+		OS:                 cleanClientString(meta.GetOS()),
 		OSVersion:          osVersion,
-		WtVersion:          meta.GetNetbirdVersion(),
-		UIVersion:          meta.GetUiVersion(),
-		KernelVersion:      meta.GetKernelVersion(),
+		WtVersion:          cleanClientString(meta.GetNetbirdVersion()),
+		UIVersion:          cleanClientString(meta.GetUiVersion()),
+		KernelVersion:      cleanClientString(meta.GetKernelVersion()),
 		NetworkAddresses:   networkAddresses,
-		SystemSerialNumber: meta.GetSysSerialNumber(),
-		SystemProductName:  meta.GetSysProductName(),
-		SystemManufacturer: meta.GetSysManufacturer(),
+		SystemSerialNumber: cleanClientString(meta.GetSysSerialNumber()),
+		SystemProductName:  cleanClientString(meta.GetSysProductName()),
+		SystemManufacturer: cleanClientString(meta.GetSysManufacturer()),
 		Environment: nbpeer.Environment{
-			Cloud:    meta.GetEnvironment().GetCloud(),
-			Platform: meta.GetEnvironment().GetPlatform(),
+			Cloud:    cleanClientString(meta.GetEnvironment().GetCloud()),
+			Platform: cleanClientString(meta.GetEnvironment().GetPlatform()),
 		},
 		Flags: nbpeer.Flags{
 			RosenpassEnabled:      meta.GetFlags().GetRosenpassEnabled(),
@@ -618,6 +618,11 @@ func extractPeerMeta(ctx context.Context, meta *proto.PeerSystemMeta) nbpeer.Pee
 	}
 }
 
+// cleanClientString removes NUL bytes and invalid UTF-8 from a client-reported string, which Postgres rejects in text columns.
+func cleanClientString(s string) string {
+	return strings.ToValidUTF8(strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\x00", ""), "")
+}
+
 func capabilitiesToInt32(caps []proto.PeerCapability) []int32 {
 	result := make([]int32, len(caps))
 	for i, c := range caps {
@@ -711,7 +716,7 @@ func (s *Server) Login(ctx context.Context, req *proto.EncryptedMessage) (*proto
 
 	peer, network, postureChecks, enableSSH, err := s.accountManager.LoginPeer(ctx, types.PeerLogin{
 		WireGuardPubKey: peerKey.String(),
-		SSHKey:          string(sshKey),
+		SSHKey:          cleanClientString(string(sshKey)),
 		Meta:            peerMeta,
 		UserID:          userID,
 		SetupKey:        loginReq.GetSetupKey(),