• Fixed an issue where the device could lose connection to UISP.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

• Added support for a default route on the management network.
• Improved Guest WiFi isolation.
• Improved the DHCP Lease renewal process when the WAN interface goes down and comes back up.
• Improved security.
• Enabled reverse path filtering.
• Prevent password guessing attacks on the web server.

Bugfixes

• Fixed the DHCP range issue where the last IP address was incorrectly excluded; it is now assignable.
• Fixed DNS failure that occurred when the LAN fallback address matched the configured DNS server.
• Fixed 503 error that could occur during firmware upgrades.
• Fixed an issue where multiple default routes are present when the Management network is used.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

airCube 2.8.9 includes the below bugfixes and improvements.

Improvements

• Newly set passwords must be at least 12 characters long and of reasonable complexity.
• Updated UNMS references to UISP.

Bugfixes

• Updated OpenSSL to fix recently reported CVEs.
• Updated MiniUPnPd to fix a heap overflow vulnerability. (see here for more information)

Upgraded openssl to mitigate CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0216 and CVE-2023-0217.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

Disabled Block Management Access made available more services than expected.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

Fixed UISP reconnection after a connectivity drop.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

• Upgraded openssl, zlib, lighttpd.
• Updated WiFiman support.

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

- Updated WiFi drivers.

Additional information

• If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

• Added support for WiFiman (read more info here)

Additional information

If upgrading from a firmware older than v2.8.0, then please upgrade to that release first.

• Guest WiFi
• DHCP server can be disabled

Bugfixes

• Wireless drivers stability and performance improvements
• Increase system log size
• Updated country list
• Updated SSL certificates to meet new Apple requirements
• Improved UNMS and mobile applications support
• Firmware recovery acquires IP address from DHCP before using 192.168.1.20
• Upgraded openssl
• Upgraded lighttpd
• Upgraded uhttpd
• Upgraded dnsmasq, fixes CVE-2020-25687, CVE-2020-25686, CVE-2020-25685,CVE-2020-25684, CVE-2020-25683, CVE-2020-25682, CVE-2020-25681, CVE-2020-14312, CVE-2019-14834
• ISP devices bridged packets on WAN and LAN ports during boot
• Device failed to connect to UNMS after a UNMS key change
• DHCP server did not start when another server was present in LAN

Known issues

• Guest wifi feature should not be used together with UISP or mobile apps as it's not supported there yet

Additional information

Due to internal changes airCubes must be upgraded to this release before upgrading to any newer versions.

• Disabled SIP NAT helper.
• Improved UNMS support.

• Allow firmware downgrade from beta to the last public stable.
• Reporting of user space stability issues.
• Important note: Reporting is OFF by default. Customers are highly encouraged to opt in with REPORT STABILITY ISSUES toggle in System settings. Please refer to the Info Page for the details and example of data being sent.
• WEB UI: user prompt toast for reporting stability issues.

Improvements

• Added missing device information in the UDP discovery response.
• Improved UNMS support.

Bugfixes

• 5 GHz interface going down on AC devices.
• LLDP discovery on ISP devices.
•  VLAN functionality on ISP devices in bridge mode:
• without configured DATA VLAN traffic in VLAN could pass between LAN ports and between WAN and LAN ports.
• with DATA VLAN enabled traffic could pass between LAN ports in other VLANs.
• VLAN functionality on ISP devices in router mode:
• If some VLAN from WAN port was bridged to LAN port via Port Based VLANs menu, host behind this LAN port was losing connection to airCube LAN IP.

• Improved UNMS support

Bugfixes

• excessive ping traffic to ping.ubnt.com

Additional information

The firmware will be available in your airCube webUI, UNMS Firmware Manager, or direct download at the link below.

I am collecting data and support files from reported wireless issues. Please tag me in a new thread with your support files attached so I can add it to my catalogue of reports.

New features

• Update SSL certificates to meet new Apple requirements.

Improvements

• UNMS support.

Bugfixes

• Multiple PPTP connections in router mode.
• Regulatory issues.

Known issues

• ISP models are unable to generate automatic data links for network maps.
• Sometimes, a client will fail to pass wireless traffic for a brief time (typically 30 seconds to 3 minutes). Most times, it will automatically recover but you may reconnect the client manually to force the recovery.

Additional information

The firmware will be available in your airCube webUI, UNMS Firmware Manager, or direct download at the link below.

All known wireless lockups were resolved with the beta01 and beta02 releases for 2.6.0. We would still like to monitor for edge cases that may have been masked by the main issue, so please report any problems to the airCube tag in the community.

New features

• IPv6 Ubiquiti neighbor discovery.

Improvements

• Improvements: Improved UNMS support.
• Improvements: More fixes to address wireless lock up issue.

Bugfixes

• Security: NFLX-2019-001 CVE-2019-11477.
• Security: NFLX-2019-001 CVE-2019-11478.
• Security: NFLX-2019-001 CVE-2019-11479.

Additional information

Follow the link below for a manual download, then upload it directly in the airCube System page. Alternatively, you should receive a notification for the firmware upon login to the web UI.

UNMS users will see this firmware available in the Firmware Manager.