Description
A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could obtain unauthorized access to a UniFi Protect Camera by exploiting a discovery protocol vulnerability in the Unifi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier).



Affected Products:

UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier).



Mitigation:

Update your UniFi Protect Application to Version 6.2.72 or later.
Published: 2026-01-05
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ui
Ui unifi Protect
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ui
Ui unifi Protect

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti protect Application
Vendors & Products Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti protect Application

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could obtain unauthorized access to a UniFi Protect Camera by exploiting a discovery protocol vulnerability in the Unifi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier). Affected Products: UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier). Mitigation: Update your UniFi Protect Application to Version 6.2.72 or later.
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Ubiquiti Protect Application
Ui Unifi Protect
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:03:40.183Z

Reserved: 2026-01-01T15:00:02.338Z

Link: CVE-2026-21633

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:03:30.008Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-05T17:15:47.133

Modified: 2026-01-30T01:23:38.587

Link: CVE-2026-21633

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-06T14:17:18Z

Weaknesses