CVE-2026-21634

Buffer Overflow in UniFi Protect Discovery Protocol Causes Application Restart

Published Jan 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could overflow the UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier) discovery protocol causing it to restart.


Affected Products:
UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier).

Mitigation:
Update your UniFi Protect Application to Version 6.2.72 or later.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
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Title Buffer Overflow in UniFi Protect Discovery Protocol Causes Application Restart
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First Time appeared Ui
Ui unifi Protect
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ui
Ui unifi Protect
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First Time appeared Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti protect Application
Vendors & Products Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti protect Application
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Weaknesses CWE-119
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Description A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network could overflow the UniFi Protect Application (Version 6.1.79 and earlier) discovery protocol causing it to restart. 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': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Published
Updated
Jan 5, 2026, 8:42 PM
Reserved
Jan 1, 2026, 3:00 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 5, 2026, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:18 AM