Buffer overflow in UniFi Protect Application - CVE-2026-21634

 

Buffer overflow in UniFi Protect Application - CVE-2026-21634

Published: February 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123326
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-21634
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the parsing of WebSocket headers. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Affected software

UniFi Protect Application

How to mitigate CVE-2026-21634

Install updates from vendor's website.

UniFi Protect Application - update to 6.2.72

External References

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