CVE-2021-22944
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor...
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. 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
- Low
- 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 allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
CVE-2021-22944- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.7 High
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
CVE-2021-22944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-10072 No score
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
EUVD-2021-10072- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpxm-8w88-rmw2
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor...
A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.
- Record
GHSA-mpxm-8w88-rmw2- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- 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-2021-22944 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) 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 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.