# CVE-2024-22054: Denial of service in UniFi Access Points

> A malformed discovery packet can disrupt device management and discovery on UniFi network devices, requiring a firmware update to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f3gj-969x-5q5x

## What is CVE-2024-22054?

CVE-2024-22054 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Access Points, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A malformed discovery packet sent by a malicious actor with preexisting access to the network could interrupt the functionality of device management and discovery.

Affected Products:
UniFi Access Points
UniFi Switches
UniFi LTE Backup
UniFi Express (Only Mesh Mode, Router mode is not affected)

  
Mitigation:
Update UniFi Access Points to Version 6.6.55 or later.
Update UniFi Switches to Version 6.6.61 or later.
Update UniFi LTE Backup to Version 6.6.57 or later.
Update UniFi Express to Version 3.2.5 or later.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22054?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-22054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-22054 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22054 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Access Points, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ubiquiti Inc UniFi Access Points. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22054/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22054/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22054
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22054
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22054

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22054/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.