CVE-2024-27981 (GCVE-0-2024-27981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-04 22:16 – Updated: 2025-03-18 20:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-08 15:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiti Inc | UniFi Network Application |
Affected:
8.1.113 , < 8.1.113
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ubiquiti | unifi_network_application |
Affected:
0 , < 8.1.113
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:ubiquiti:unifi_network_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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