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Exploited vulnerability
A critical command injection in UniFi OS, the operating system of Ubiquiti gateways, recorders, storage units and UniFi OS Server.
In short
CVE-2026-34910 is a critical command injection in UniFi OS, the operating system of Ubiquiti gateways, recorders, storage units and UniFi OS Server. Ubiquiti says an attacker with network access can run commands on an affected device. The CVE has a CVSS 3.1 score of 10.0, and CISA added it to its KEV catalog on 23 June 2026.
Ubiquiti's Security Advisory Bulletin 064 says a malicious actor with network access could exploit an improper input validation flaw in UniFi OS devices to run a command injection. The CVE record repeats that text and adds no technical detail. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, which means network reachable, low complexity, no privileges, no user action and a changed scope.
UniFi OS is the operating system that runs Ubiquiti's gateways, recorders, network storage units and the self-hosted UniFi OS Server. A command injection lets an attacker place their own commands inside input that the system later hands to a shell. Ubiquiti rates the impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability as high.
Ubiquiti published the bulletin on 21 May 2026 and updated it on 22 May. It lists five CVEs, and three of them are rated CVSS 3.1 10.0: CVE-2026-34908, CVE-2026-34909 and CVE-2026-34910. Ubiquiti scored each one on its own.
The other two entries are CVE-2026-33000, a command injection that needs high privileges (CVSS 3.1 9.1), and CVE-2026-34911, a path traversal for low-privilege users (CVSS 3.1 7.7). Our page on CVE-2026-34908, the UniFi OS access control flaw covers the entry that Ubiquiti describes as unauthorized changes to the system.
CVE-2026-33000 is the other command injection in the bulletin. The CVE record says it needs high privileges, which is why its CVSS 3.1 vector has PR:H and a score of 9.1. The vector of CVE-2026-34910 has PR:N and a score of 10.0, so the CVE record sets no account requirement for this flaw.
These are the public signals we checked on 4 November 2026.
The authors of both repositories say their code gives unauthenticated code execution and file read through CVE-2026-34910 together with CVE-2026-34909. We have not verified those claims, and we did not run or link the code. The CISA KEV catalog lists only flaws with evidence of exploitation.
Ubiquiti's bulletin lists the same affected builds and fixed versions for CVE-2026-34908, CVE-2026-34909 and CVE-2026-34910 in its UniFi OS product lines. The table below follows the bulletin, one row per group of products.
The bulletin lists Express, version 4.0.13 and earlier, with a fix in 4.0.14, only under CVE-2026-34909. The CISA KEV entry names the product as UniFi OS. The CVE record lists UniFi OS Server below 5.0.8 and the device models, with fixed versions that match the table.
Because the fixed version is the same under each entry, one update to that version meets the requirement of all three CVEs. Our vulnerability management guide covers how to plan and check a rollout across many devices.
Ubiquiti publishes Security Advisory Bulletin 064 with five UniFi OS CVEs.
Ubiquiti updates the bulletin to version 1.1 and the CVE record and NVD entry are published.
CISA adds CVE-2026-34910 and CVE-2026-34908 to its KEV catalog, with a due date of 26 June 2026.
The first of two GitHub repositories claiming proof-of-concept code for CVE-2026-34910 is created.
Install the version in the table for each device: 5.1.12 for most gateways, routers, recorders and Cloud Keys, 5.1.10 for the NAS line, 5.1.11 for UDM-Beast and 5.0.8 for UniFi OS Server.
Update any device or UniFi OS Server whose management interface can be reached from the internet first. We recommend treating a device that ran an earlier build while exposed as a possible compromise and checking it, as well as updating it.
We recommend reviewing admin accounts, management logins and configuration changes on any device that ran an earlier build while reachable from the network. This is our general advice, not a vendor list of indicators.
We recommend limiting the UniFi OS interface to a management network or VPN. Ubiquiti's bulletin lists updating as the mitigation, so access limits are an added layer from us.
We recommend rebuilding the device from a clean image, then changing local admin passwords, API keys and Wi-Fi keys it held. This follows from the code execution Ubiquiti describes.
CISA lists it in KEV since 23 June 2026, and the CVE record carries a CISA SSVC entry with exploitation marked active.
No. Ubiquiti lists CVE-2026-33000 as a separate command injection that needs high privileges, rated CVSS 3.1 9.1. CVE-2026-34910 is rated 10.0 and its vector sets no privilege requirement.
The bulletin gives the same fixed version for each product under CVE-2026-34908 and CVE-2026-34910. One update to that version meets both entries.
The bulletin lists UniFi OS Server 5.0.6 and earlier plus gateway, router, Cloud Key, recorder and NAS lines, each with its own earlier-than version. The table on this page lists every group.
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