CVE-2026-54400 is a critical improper access control vulnerability in the Ubiquiti UniFi Access Application. According to the provided content, a malicious actor with network access and already high privileges can exploit the flaw to further escalate privileges on the host device. The issue affects UniFi Access Application version 4.2.28 and earlier and was fixed in version 4.2.29. No vulnerable function, endpoint, or code path is identified in the provided material.
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A critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubiquiti UniFi Access Application caused by improper access control.
A critical improper access control vulnerability in UniFi Access Application that can allow privilege escalation on the host device.
One of six additional critical-severity vulnerabilities patched by Ubiquiti affecting UniFi Talk, UniFi Access, UniFi Protect, UniFi OS Server, and various Ubiquiti devices.
A critical improper access control vulnerability in UniFi Access that enables privilege escalation but requires high privileges.
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