TI-2025-16908 Aliases CVE-2025-23116 GHSA-mx2h-mfjv-7hjv

Improper authentication in Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Application

MEDIUM 43CWE-287Published 2025-03-01 · Updated 2025-03-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

An Authentication Bypass vulnerability on UniFi Protect Application with Auto-Adopt Bridge Devices enabled could allow a malicious actor with access to UniFi Protect Cameras adjacent network to take control of UniFi Protect Cameras.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00512 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed UniFi Protect Application (Ubiquiti Inc): 5.2.49

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Ubiquiti	UniFi Protect Application	5.2.49 to before 5.2.49	5.2.49	Patch available	CNA

UniFi Protect Application VendorUbiquiti Affected 5.2.49 to before 5.2.49 Fixed in 5.2.49 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_protect::::::::	—	—	Ubiquiti

cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Ubiquiti

Remediation

Fix · CNA UniFi Protect Application (Ubiquiti Inc) Fixed in 5.2.49

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23116
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mx2h-mfjv-7hjv

References

Other 1

https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-046-046/9649ea8f-93db-4713-a875-c3fd7614943f

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Sources

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