CVE-2026-54409: A malicious actor with access to the network and under certain conditions could exploit an Improper Initialization vulnerability found in Un
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.44% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application 7.1.83.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application 7.1.83 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A malicious actor with access to the network and under certain conditions could exploit an Improper Initialization vulnerability found in UniFi Protect Application to bypass authentication in UniFi Protect Cameras.
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 38th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-665
Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.1
- CNA · hackerone
- 7.5
- 0.6 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ui | unifi protect | cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_protect |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ui unifi protectbefore 7.1.83
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application
- before 7.1.83affected · semver
Same product
ui: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-55115A malicious actor with access to the network and low privileges could exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in UniFi Protect Applicat39Monitor
- CVE-2026-54408A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit an Improper Access Control vulnerability found in UniFi Protect Application to by39Monitor
- CVE-2021-22943A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network 38Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-21634Jan 5, 2026 · A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could overflow the UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier) discovery pr26Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-54407Jul 2, 2026 · A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit an Improper Access Control vulnerability found in UniFi Protect Application to by34Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-56841Jul 2, 2026 · A malicious actor with access to the network and low privileges could exploit an authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability found in UniFi Pr35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application | 7.1.83 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2026-551150 days apartA malicious actor with access to the network and low privileges could exploit a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in UniFi Protect Applicat39Monitor
- CVE-2026-568410 days apartA malicious actor with access to the network and low privileges could exploit an authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability found in UniFi Pr35Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-0490 · Jul 3, 2026(Ubiquiti UniFi Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-665 · Improper InitializationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.