Ubiquiti UniFi OS Server up to 5.1.18 path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ubiquiti UniFi OS Server, Dream Machines, Enterprise Fortress Gateway, Dream Wall, Dream Routers, Express 7, Cloud Keys, Network Video Recorders, Enterprise Video Recorders, Cloud Gateways, Network Attached Storage and Enterprise Firewall Core up to 5.1.18. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-54403. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ubiquiti UniFi OS Server, Dream Machines, Enterprise Fortress Gateway, Dream Wall, Dream Routers, Express 7, Cloud Keys, Network Video Recorders, Enterprise Video Recorders, Cloud Gateways, Network Attached Storage and Enterprise Firewall Core up to 5.1.18. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit a Path Traversal vulnerability found in certain devices running UniFi OS to bypass authentication of such UniFi OS devices or instances.

The advisory is available at community.ui.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-54403 since 06/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.1.19 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at community.ui.com.

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Type

• Network Attached Storage Software

Vendor

• Ubiquiti

Name

• Cloud Gateways
• Cloud Keys
• Dream Machines
• Dream Routers
• Dream Wall
• Enterprise Firewall Core
• Enterprise Fortress Gateway
• Enterprise Video Recorders
• Express 7
• Network Attached Storage
• Network Video Recorders
• UniFi OS Server

Version

• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2
• 5.1.3
• 5.1.4
• 5.1.5
• 5.1.6
• 5.1.7
• 5.1.8
• 5.1.9
• 5.1.10
• 5.1.11
• 5.1.12
• 5.1.13
• 5.1.14
• 5.1.15
• 5.1.16
• 5.1.17
• 5.1.18

License

• commercial

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