CVE-2024-27981
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi...
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with UniFi Network Application Administrator credentials to escalate privileges to root on the host device.
Affected Products: UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) .
Mitigation: Update UniFi Network Application to Version 8.1.113 or later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- 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
CVE List Score used
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with UniFi Network Application Administrator credentials to escalate privileges to root on the host device.
Affected Products: UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) .
Mitigation: Update UniFi Network Application to Version 8.1.113 or later.
- Record
CVE-2024-27981- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25155
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with UniFi Network Application Administrator credentials to escalate privileges to root on the host device.
Affected Products: UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) .
Mitigation: Update UniFi Network Application to Version 8.1.113 or later.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25155- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9m65-6pjm-r78p
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi...
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with UniFi Network Application Administrator credentials to escalate privileges to root on the host device.
Affected Products: UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) .
Mitigation: Update UniFi Network Application to Version 8.1.113 or later.
- Record
GHSA-9m65-6pjm-r78p- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A Command Injection vulnerability found in a Self-Hosted UniFi Network Servers (Linux) with UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with UniFi Network Application Administrator credentials to escalate privileges to root on the host device.
Affected Products: UniFi Network Application (Version 8.0.28 and earlier) .
Mitigation: Update UniFi Network Application to Version 8.1.113 or later.
- Record
CVE-2024-27981- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27981 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ubiquiti Unifi Network Application, published April 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.