diff --git a/shell/plugins/panels/network/Model.js b/shell/plugins/panels/network/Model.js
index bf5fa41d..2c9e3ebb 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/panels/network/Model.js
+++ b/shell/plugins/panels/network/Model.js
@@ -88,7 +88,28 @@ function parseBandStatus(raw) {
   }
 }
 
+function decodeIwSsid(value) {
+  var raw = String(value || "")
 
+  try {
+    var encoded = ""
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < raw.length; i++) {
+      if (raw[i] === "\\" && raw[i + 1] === "x" && /^[0-9a-f]{2}$/i.test(raw.substring(i + 2, i + 4))) {
+        var hex = raw.substring(i + 2, i + 4)
+        var byte = parseInt(hex, 16)
+        encoded += byte < 32 || byte === 127 ? encodeURIComponent(raw.substring(i, i + 4)) : "%" + hex
+        i += 3
+      } else {
+        encoded += encodeURIComponent(raw[i])
+      }
+    }
+
+    return decodeURIComponent(encoded)
+  } catch (error) {
+    return raw
+  }
+}
 
 function parseKeyValue(raw) {
   var next = {}
@@ -98,7 +119,9 @@ function parseKeyValue(raw) {
     if (!line) continue
     var idx = line.indexOf("\t")
     if (idx === -1) continue
-    next[line.substring(0, idx)] = line.substring(idx + 1).trim()
+    var key = line.substring(0, idx)
+    var value = line.substring(idx + 1)
+    next[key] = key === "ssid" ? decodeIwSsid(value) : value.trim()
   }
   return next
 }
@@ -331,6 +354,7 @@ if (typeof module !== "undefined") {
     bandSectionTitle: bandSectionTitle,
     bandTooltip: bandTooltip,
     parseBandStatus: parseBandStatus,
+    decodeIwSsid: decodeIwSsid,
     parseKeyValue: parseKeyValue,
     throughputState: throughputState,
     pingLatencyState: pingLatencyState,
diff --git a/test/shell.d/network-test.sh b/test/shell.d/network-test.sh
index 2c8d9067..a6c98e18 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/network-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/network-test.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ assertDeepEqual(
   { iface: 'wlan0', rx_bytes: '100', tx_bytes: '50' },
   'network parses detail key values'
 )
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('Cafe\\xe2\\x80\\x99'), 'Cafe’', 'network decodes UTF-8 SSID bytes')
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('Smile \\xf0\\x9f\\x98\\x80'), 'Smile 😀', 'network decodes emoji SSID bytes')
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('\\x20Cafe\\x20'), ' Cafe ', 'network preserves edge spaces in SSIDs')
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('slash\\x5cname'), 'slash\\name', 'network decodes SSID backslashes once')
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('invalid\\xff'), 'invalid\\xff', 'network preserves invalid UTF-8 escapes')
+assertEqual(network.decodeIwSsid('already 😀'), 'already 😀', 'network safely preserves unexpected non-BMP input')
+assertDeepEqual(
+  network.parseKeyValue('ssid\tline\\x0abreak\\x09tab\\x00nul\nsignal_dbm\t-40\n'),
+  { ssid: 'line\\x0abreak\\x09tab\\x00nul', signal_dbm: '-40' },
+  'network leaves control-byte escapes safe for single-line display'
+)
 assertDeepEqual(
   network.throughputState({ prevIface: '', prevSampleTime: 0 }, { iface: 'wlan0', rx_bytes: '100', tx_bytes: '50' }, 10),
   { prevIface: 'wlan0', prevRxBytes: 100, prevTxBytes: 50, prevSampleTime: 10, downloadRate: 0, uploadRate: 0 },