Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-116838 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-116838 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-116838?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 27 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ubiquiti airMAX M.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-116838?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-116838 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-116838?
- Check whether you run Ubiquiti airMAX M. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Ubiquiti airMAX M devices allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform unauthorized actions by luring an authenticated user to a malicious page. The CSRF can be leveraged to execute command injection on the device. The attack requires user interaction and an active authenticated session on the target device.
Affected products
- Ubiquiti airMAX M
Timeline
- 2026-10-27: disclosed