Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach exposed gateway service over network
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DeliverySend crafted deeply-nested/recursive input
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ExploitTrigger uncontrolled recursion in parser
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ExecutionExhaust stack / device resources
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ImpactGateway crash or reboot (DoS)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Recursion depth limits
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network reachability to an affected UniFi gateway's vulnerable service/parser (per AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N - no authentication, no user interaction, low complexity), against the affected device families listed in the CPEs (Dream Machines, Dream Routers, Dream Wall, Cloud Gateways, Enterprise Firewalls, Express, Express 7, UniFi Gateways). The practical limiting factor is exposure of the affected service: gateways whose management/service interface is confined to a trusted LAN are only exploitable by an actor already on that network, whereas internet- or untrusted-network-exposed interfaces are directly at risk. Impact is limited to Denial of Service (device crash/reboot) - no data exposure or code execution. No specific non-default configuration is named in the advisory. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base 7.5 HIGH) is internally consistent and describes a purely availability-impacting flaw: an unauthenticated, low-complexity, remote attacker reachable over the network can crash the device via CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion (stack/resource exhaustion). The HIGH score is driven entirely by A:H - there is no confidentiality or integrity impact, so this is a DoS-only issue, not an RCE. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no POC are present in the input; the sole reference is Ubiquiti's own Security Advisory Bulletin-069, meaning severity is vendor-self-reported and not independently corroborated by NVD analysis or third parties. Real-world priority is moderate: exploitation prerequisites are genuinely low (no auth, no user interaction), which favors patching, but impact is limited to device crash/reboot rather than data compromise or code execution, and the flaw is only reachable by an actor who already has network access to a management/service interface on the gateway. Absent EPSS/KEV/POC signals, this is best treated as a real-but-bounded availability risk - prioritize for internet-exposed or untrusted-network-facing gateways, lower priority for gateways whose attack surface is confined to trusted LAN segments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network reachability to a UniFi gateway's exposed service sends a crafted message whose structure triggers unbounded recursive parsing on the device, exhausting the stack and crashing the process or rebooting the device. Because the CVSS vector is PR:N/UI:N/AC:L, no credentials or user interaction are needed, and a single malformed request can knock the gateway offline. No public proof-of-concept was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 22, 2026
Denial of service in Ubiquiti UniFi gateway devices (Dream Machines, Dream Routers, Dream Wall, Cloud Gateways, Enterprise Firewalls, Express, Express 7, and UniFi Gateways) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker reachable over the network to crash the device by triggering uncontrolled recursion (CWE-674), rated CVSS 3.1 base 7.5 HIGH with impact confined to availability (C:N/I:N/A:H). Per the assessed vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), no credentials or user interaction are required and complexity is low; the practical gating factor is exposure of the affected service, so gateways with management/service interfaces reachable from the internet or untrusted networks are directly at risk while LAN-confined deployments are exploitable only by a host already on that segment. The outcome is limited to device crash/reboot with no data exposure or code execution; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no KEV or EPSS data was provided.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the provided data contains no fixed version number, so the primary action is to consult Ubiquiti Security Advisory Bulletin 069 (https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-069-069/07e367a7-edec-4d85-a058-f97e5ce9ac9c) and apply the patched UniFi OS firmware release it lists for each affected device family (Dream Machines, Dream Routers, Dream Wall, Cloud Gateways, Enterprise Firewalls, Express, Express 7, UniFi Gateways) via the UniFi controller or local upgrade. Where patching is delayed, the exposure-based mitigations that directly address this flaw's prerequisite are: ensure the gateway's management and service interfaces are not reachable from the internet or untrusted networks - enforce upstream firewall rules that permit traffic to the device only from trusted LAN/VPN ranges and drop inbound WAN access to management ports, at the cost of losing out-of-band remote administration until a VPN path is provided; restrict remote/WAN access features in UniFi OS (remote access toggles) where they are not operationally required, accepting reduced remote-management convenience; and place management behind a VPN or jump host, which adds a dependency and latency but removes the unauthenticated network path the flaw relies on. Because impact is a crash/reboot rather than compromise, treat unexpected gateway restarts or process crashes as detection signals (enable UniFi controller alerting and log monitoring for device reboots) and rate-limit or monitor traffic to the affected service where the interface must remain reachable; note that these compensating controls reduce, but do not eliminate, the risk for interfaces that must stay exposed.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-674, Uncontrolled Recursion, a resource-exhaustion weakness in which a network-reachable input causes recursive processing without an adequate depth bound, leading to stack or resource exhaustion and termination/reboot of the device process. Because the affected platforms are Ubiquiti's gateway/routing product lines - Dream Machines, Dream Routers, Dream Wall, Cloud Gateways, Enterprise Firewalls, Express, Express 7, and UniFi Gateways (all enumerated in the supplied CPE list as ubiquiti_inc:* with wildcarded versions) - the vulnerable code sits in the network-facing service/parser path of the gateway firmware rather than in an authenticated management UI flow; the CVSS vector's PR:N and UI:N confirm the issue is reachable without authentication or interaction, and A:H confirms the crash is full and repeatable. The advisory does not name a specific non-default configuration or the exact service/port, so the exposure of the affected interface, not a special setting, determines exploitability. This is a pure availability defect: there is no confidentiality or integrity impact assessed, so the attacker gains no access, code execution, or data from the flaw itself.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Unauthenticated remote network attacker (PR:N/AV:N/AC:L) triggers recursion-based crash with availability-only impact (A:H, C:N/I:N); no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (Ubiquiti).
CVSS VectorVendor: Ubiquiti
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A malicious actor with access to the network could exploit an Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability found in certain UniFi gateway devices to execute a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the device.
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Executive ViewAI
A denial-of-service flaw in Ubiquiti UniFi gateway and firewall appliances (Dream Machines, Dream Routers, Dream Wall, Cloud Gateways, Enterprise Firewalls, Express/Express 7, and UniFi Gateways) lets any unauthenticated party who can reach the affected service force the device into a crash and reboot cycle, disrupting the network connectivity that depends on it. No attacker credentials or user action are required, so any organization exposing these gateways' management or service interfaces to the internet or untrusted networks carries the greatest exposure, while devices confined to a trusted LAN are only reachable by a host already inside that segment. Leadership should care because the damage is operational rather than data-related: repeated reboots can degrade site connectivity, remote access, and dependent services, and no vendor patch is available yet, making exposure management the primary lever for the next 30 days.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict management and service interfaces to trusted internal networks only; remove internet-facing administrative access and any port-forwarding or UPnP rules; enforce upstream firewall, ACL, and network segmentation controls so untrusted hosts cannot reach the affected service; monitor device logs for repeated crashes or unexpected reboots to detect exploitation attempts; and stand up a rapid-reboot/restoration runbook until a vendor fix is available.
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GHSA-53jp-cvwp-qfg8
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