Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach AI Key over network
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DeliverySend request with traversal path
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ExploitSatisfy required condition/race
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ExecutionWrite or truncate arbitrary file
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ImpactLimited integrity impact on device
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The vendor describes a path-traversal write/truncate primitive reachable by 'a malicious actor with access to the network and under certain conditions,' but does not name the specific feature, endpoint, or configuration involved, so the exact trigger is not disclosed. Limiting factors: the CVSS high attack complexity (AC:H) indicates a required but attacker-uncontrolled precondition (likely a race condition or specific device state), the impact is confined to creating or truncating files with only limited integrity effect (no code execution, data disclosure, or availability loss claimed), and the attacker must have network reachability to the UniFi Protect AI Key device. The precise conditions should be confirmed directly with Ubiquiti. |
| Impact | This is a low-priority issue that scores CVSS 3.7 (Low), and the available signals reinforce that rather than contradict it. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) describes a network-reachable, unauthenticated flaw, but with high attack complexity (AC:H) and only limited integrity impact (I:L) and no confidentiality or availability impact. The AC:H rating aligns with the vendor's own wording ('under certain conditions'), indicating the attacker does not fully control the preconditions and exploitation is not reliably repeatable. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The CVE is not listed in CISA KEV and no public exploit code was supplied, so exploitation status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis. There is no SSVC decision data in the input. In short, the signals are consistent - a genuinely low-severity path-traversal write primitive with constrained impact - and this does not represent a high real-world risk despite being network-reachable and unauthenticated. The main caveat is that the single vendor advisory gives sparse detail ('under certain conditions'), so the exact preconditions should be confirmed with Ubiquiti. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker with network reachability to a UniFi Protect AI Key device sends crafted requests containing traversal sequences to a file-handling endpoint, and under specific timing or configuration conditions writes to or truncates a file outside the intended directory. Because attack complexity is high, the attacker likely must satisfy a race or environmental precondition, making reliable exploitation difficult. No public proof-of-concept exploit is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
A path traversal write/truncate primitive in Ubiquiti's UniFi Protect AI Key lets unauthenticated attackers who already have network reachability to the device create or truncate files on it when specific, attacker-uncontrolled conditions are met. Impact is limited to integrity (CVSS 3.1 score of 3.7, AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) - no code execution, data disclosure, or availability loss is claimed - and the high attack complexity points to a required precondition such as a race condition or a particular device state. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not confirmed actively exploited (no CISA KEV listing); Ubiquiti's Security Advisory Bulletin 070 is the authoritative reference.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version was identified in the provided data, so the first action is to consult Ubiquiti Security Advisory Bulletin 070 (https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-070-070/e7ffc9fa-9129-4a90-b5e3-d597c5ee7a73) for the fixed firmware build and apply it through the standard UniFi Protect/UniFi OS update process as soon as it is available. Because exploitation requires network access to the device, the most effective compensating control is to stop exposing the AI Key beyond a trusted management segment: place it on a dedicated VLAN, block inbound traffic from untrusted networks and the internet to its management/web interfaces, and allow only the Protect controller and required management hosts to reach it - the trade-off is that overly broad blocking can break Protect integration, discovery, and remote administration, so scope rules to the specific controller and admin subnets. Additional hardening with acceptable side effects includes enabling network intrusion detection for traversal patterns such as '../' in HTTP requests to the device, restricting administrative account access, and monitoring file-integrity or filesystem-change signals on the appliance so unexpected file creation or truncation is noticed; these are detective rather than preventive and will not stop a determined attacker who already has the required network position and device state. If the advisory confirms a precondition tied to a specific feature or configuration, disabling or limiting that feature is the shortest-term mitigation, accepting reduced AI Key functionality until patched.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Root cause is CWE-22, improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, in a file-handling routine inside the UniFi Protect AI Key, a network-attached appliance that provides AI analytics for the UniFi Protect camera ecosystem. Insufficient sanitization of a caller-supplied path (e.g., traversal sequences or absolute paths) allows a remote party to direct file creation or truncation outside the intended directory; the effect is a narrow integrity impact because only file existence/contents at the target path are altered, with no read-back, privilege escalation, or crash primitive described. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:ubiquiti_inc:unifi_protect_ai_key:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, so the feed does not enumerate a fixed release and no additional CWE or vulnerability-class detail is provided. The CVSS vector's AC:H reflects a precondition the attacker cannot fully control, and PR:N indicates the vector carries no privilege requirement, though Ubiquiti's wording ('a malicious actor with access to the network and under certain conditions') does not disclose the specific feature, endpoint, or configuration that must be in place; those details should be confirmed directly with the vendor. The precise trigger, affected firmware builds, and any preconditions remain undisclosed.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N), but 'under certain conditions' implies an uncontrolled precondition (AC:H); file create/truncate is a limited integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Ubiquiti).
CVSS VectorVendor: Ubiquiti
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
A malicious actor with access to the network and under certain conditions could exploit a Path Traversal vulnerability found in UniFi Protect AI Key to create or truncate files on the device.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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