CVE Details

CVE-2026-67279 Mikrotik RouterOS Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow Vulnerability
Published: 2026-09-25 CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM Product: MikroTik RouterOS Due Date: 2026-09-28

Mikrotik RouterOS contains an improper enforcement of behavioral workflow vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated client to open a session channel and send an exec request. This vulnerability can be chained to achieve unauthenticated exploitation of CVE-2026-86060.

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FIRST EPSS

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Timeline

CVE Stalker KEV MITRE GitHub FIRST (EPSS)

MITRE

CVSS

  • Score: 6.9
  • Severity: MEDIUM
  • Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

  • Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

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containers > cna > descriptions > 0 > value RouterOS SSH enters the connection protocol after a client-requested rekey even though user authentication was never attempted, allowing an unauthenticated client to open a session channel and send an exec request. On affected builds the server dispatches the command, enabling unauthenticated creation, overwrite, and reconstruction of files in the RouterOS managed file namespace, including support files containing configuration and diagnostic data.This issue was fixed in versions: 6.49.21 (Long-term), 7.23.4 (Long-term) and 7.24.2 (Stable)
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