---
id: CVE-2026-116836
title: >-
  A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network and under certain
  conditions could exploit a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  found in airMAX M devices to escalate privileges on the device.
summary: >-
  A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network and under certain
  conditions could exploit a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  found in airMAX M devices to escalate privileges on the device.
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: Ubiquiti Inc
product: airMAX M
affected:
  - airmax_m < 6.3.26
published: '2026-10-27'
updated: '2026-10-27'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-27T00:32:06.956Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116836'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://uisp.community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-071/7d4d42cf-09e4-44d3-9c19-649cac8c6af3
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00194
epssPercentile: 0.09055
ingestedAt: '2026-10-27T16:11:59.177Z'
---

## Overview

A malicious actor with access to the adjacent network and under certain conditions could exploit a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in airMAX M devices to escalate privileges on the device.

## Affected

- `airmax_m < 6.3.26`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.