Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-119250 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-119250 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-119250?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 29 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ubiquiti WiFiman Desktop prior to patched version.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-119250?
- 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-2026-119250 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-119250?
- Check whether you run Ubiquiti WiFiman Desktop at an affected version. 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
An external control of file name or path vulnerability (CWE-73) in WiFiman Desktop for macOS allows a low-privilege local attacker to influence which files or commands the application executes. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker can escalate privileges and run arbitrary commands with root access on the host system.
Affected products
- Ubiquiti WiFiman Desktop prior to patched version
Timeline
- 2026-10-29: disclosed