CVE-2021-22943
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor...
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network to subsequently control the Protect camera(s) assigned to said network. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network to subsequently control the Protect camera(s) assigned to said network. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
CVE-2021-22943- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.3 High
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network to subsequently control the Protect camera(s) assigned to said network. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
CVE-2021-22943- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-10071 No score
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network to subsequently control the Protect camera(s) assigned to said network. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
EUVD-2021-10071- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fr4r-3v2c-wv3m No score
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor...
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier permits a malicious actor who has already gained access to a network to subsequently control the Protect camera(s) assigned to said network. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
GHSA-fr4r-3v2c-wv3m- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22943 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Ubiquiti Inc Unifi Protect Application, published August 31, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.