🛡️ CVE-2026-54408 — unifi-protect

🟠 CVSS 8.6 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-284 NVD
8.6
CVSS Score
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Description

A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit an Improper Access Control vulnerability found in UniFi Protect Application to bypass authentication for data streaming.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-54408 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-54408 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unifi-protect (fixed in 7.1.83)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 July 2026 and last revised on 7 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

community.ui.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-02
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-07-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unifi-protect — 7.1.83

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