Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-119251 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-119251 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-119251?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.7, published 29 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ubiquiti WiFiman Desktop <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-119251?
- 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-2026-119251 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-119251?
- 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 Improper Access Control vulnerability in WiFiman Desktop for macOS allows privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires local access and high existing privileges as preconditions; a successful exploit could grant the attacker elevated system access or capabilities beyond their current privilege level. The vulnerability class is privilege escalation via insufficient access control checks.
Affected products
- Ubiquiti WiFiman Desktop <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-10-29: disclosed