CVE-2026-67279
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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)
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.71%• Percentile: 52%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-841•Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
The product supports a session in which more than one behavior must be performed by an actor, but it does not properly ensure that the actor performs the behaviors in the required sequence.
Affected Systems
- mikrotik•routeros
≥ 7.0.0, < 7.23.4 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.49.21 | ≥ 6.0, < 6.49.21 | ≥ 7.0, < 7.23.4 | ≥ 7.24, < 7.24.2
- opensuse•sshamble&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed
< 0.3.12-1.1
References (10)
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/mikrotik-routeros-cve
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/vulnerabilities-in-mikrotik-routeros-actively-exploited/
- https://npratley.net/reversing-mikrotiks-silent-patch-the-routeros-7-23-4-fix-they-wouldnt-explain/
- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/september-2026-vulnerability/
- https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/6-49-21-long-term-is-released/272802
- https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/7-23-4-long-term-is-released/272801
- https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/7-24-2-stable-is-released/272800
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-67279
- https://bishopfox.com/blog/mikrotrick-inside-the-routeros-takeover-chain
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-67279