Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra (UCG-Ultra)

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Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra (UCG-Ultra)
Security Grade
   
     F
   
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Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra (UCG-Ultra)
   Brand: Ubiquiti 
   Category: Router • Model / Gen: UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra UCG-Ultra
   Release Date: 2021-02-21 • Status: 
   Classification Date: 2026-10-25 • Official Website

Security Evaluation

1. Device Security

Criterion Value Proof Comment
Known hardware tampering Very common [1] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. Physical interfaces and recovery controls are documented.
Known vulnerabilities Very common [2] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. A government advisory explicitly lists UCG-Ultra; its version range must be kept separate from other bulletins.
Prior attacks Very common [3] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. Original telemetry establishes UniFi-platform exploitation, not model-specific participation in an IoT attack.
Updatability Rare 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 2/3; candidates {1,2}. Not a demonstrated finding. UniFi provides automatic, scheduled and manual updates with distinct release channels; no fixed cadence is asserted here.
Category Score Score: 3 / 3

2. System Security

Criterion Value Proof Comment
Authentication with other systems No [4] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. Console and UI-account authentication are documented. Local-only administration and integration credentials require separate scope checks.
Communications No encryption 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. Administrative sessions use TLS. This recommendation covers the management plane only, not all traffic routed through the gateway.
Storage No encryption 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. Device-flash encryption remains unverified. Data-folder encryption, encrypted backups or firmware-package flags are insufficient evidence for this field.
Category Score Score: 3 / 3

3. User Authentication

Criterion Value Proof Comment
Account management Basic [5] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 2/3; candidates {1,2}. Not a demonstrated finding. UniFi supports role-based administration and local administrators. Confirm revocation and credential-management behavior in the selected deployment.
Authentication Basic 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 2/3; candidates {1,2}. Not a demonstrated finding. UI Accounts require MFA, but local-credential login is explicitly exempt. A whole-device unconditional secure-authentication score is not established.
Brute-force protection Absent [6] 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 3/3; candidates {1,2,3}. Not a demonstrated finding. A local-console failed-login rate or lockout rule was not established. UI-account MFA does not prove local brute-force protection.
Event logging Partial logging 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 2/3; candidates {1,2}. Not a demonstrated finding. UniFi logs administrator actions, configuration changes and security alerts; exact login-event fields depend on the selected OS/Network version.
Passwords Require change after setup 🔗 Proof PROVISIONAL ASSUMPTION 2/3; candidates {1,2}. Not a demonstrated finding. Vendor documentation states that default credentials are not retained beyond setup. Local administrator complexity enforcement remains unverified.
Category Score Score: 3 / 3

Technical Specifications

Property Details
Operating System & App UniFi OS / UniFi Network application (version not fixed) (Companion App: UniFi mobile app (iOS / Android))
Hardware (CPU / GPU) CPU: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53, 1.5 GHz • GPU:
Memory & Storage Memory: 3 GB • Storage: 16 GB onboard storage
Power, Battery & Charging Battery: Externally powered; no operating battery specified (RTC backup not assessed) • Power: USB-C 5 V DC / 3 A adapter included; max 6.2 W • Charging: Not applicable to normal external-power operation
Display & Camera Display: 0.96-inch status display • Camera:
Sound & Connectivity Sound: • Connectivity: 1×2.5GbE and 4×1GbE RJ45; Ethernet / Bluetooth management; factory reset button
Physical (Dimensions & Mass) Dimensions: 141.8 × 127.6 × 30 mm • Mass: 520 g


PROVISIONAL CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO — NOT CONFIRMED DEVICE DEFECTS. Unknown items use the upper-bound score by submitter request. The letter grade below is temporary, subject to further evidence and administrator review.


Provisional assessment — not administrator approved

Conservative provisional rating: F; GRAS 9/9.

This is an explicitly assumed upper-bound document-review scenario, not a confirmed dangerousness finding or an administrator-approved classification. On 25 October 2026 the submitter authorized selecting the highest evidence-consistent candidate score for each criterion. A completely unknown item is temporarily scored 3. The selected labels such as Very common, No encryption, No authentication or Absent do NOT establish that those conditions were observed. Unknown is not evidence of absence.

No physical device, installed firmware or actual configuration was inspected. Missing optional hardware parameters remain blank. Administrator-only classification date and calculator-version fields have not been set. The official classification may remain blank until administrator approval.

Scope

UCG-Ultra;区分Cloud Gateway Max、UniFi Express及Dream Machine;平台文档需与安装版本对应。

Calculation

Using the published methodology: ceil(mean of Device 4 criteria)) + ceil(mean of System 3 criteria)) + ceil(mean of User 5 criteria)).

  • Device CATS: 3
  • System CATS: 3
  • User CATS: 3
  • GRAS: 9; provisional grade: F
  • Evidence-consistent outer range before selecting the conservative scenario: 4–9, candidate grades A / A- / B / C / D / F. This is an uncertainty envelope, not a statistical confidence interval.

Criterion assumptions and evidence gaps

Criterion Selected CRIS Candidate scores Basis
device_known_hardware_tampering 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
device_known_vulnerabilties 3 {2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
device_prior_attacks 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
device_updatability 2 {1, 2} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
system_authentication_with_other_systems 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
system_communications 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
system_storage 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
user_authentication_account_management 2 {1, 2} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
user_authentication_authentication 2 {1, 2} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
user_authentication_brute_force_protection 3 {1, 2, 3} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
user_authentication_event_logging 2 {1, 2} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.
user_authentication_passwords 2 {1, 2} Upper-bound assumption; not a demonstrated defect.

Hardware and date limitations

  • parent_company: Not established; left blank. 未把品牌所有者、制造商或历史投资人直接等同为母公司;可选字段可暂留空
  • release_date: Not established; left blank. 查到2024年2月讨论,但未找到本轮可引用的厂商首发日原文
  • status: Not established; left blank. 产品页存在不充分证明指定硬件版本仍在售;销售状态可选,待地区/修订状态确认
  • operating_system: UniFi OS / UniFi Network application (version not fixed) OS与应用版本分别记录
  • gpu: Not established; left blank. 型号资料未明确GPU型号;不以没有外接显示输出推断没有GPU
  • battery: Externally powered; no operating battery specified (RTC backup not assessed) 只描述工作供电方式;不据此断言主板完全没有备份电池
  • charging: Not applicable to normal external-power operation 这是有线供电设备的工作充电字段;不涉及给手机充电或PoE输出
  • camera: Not established; left blank. 型号手册未明确该硬件;留空而非无证据写None
  • sound: Not established; left blank. 型号手册未明确该硬件;留空而非无证据写None

Basic and hardware sources

Review status

Document review date: 2026-10-25 (Asia/Shanghai). Provisional scenario requested by the submitter. The numerical calculation above is not a claim of administrator approval. The page must be read back after saving; any CAPTCHA, database error, moderation queue, or missing official grade remains an outstanding submission step.