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Mikrotik CVE-2026-16347

| EUVDEUVD-2026-50017 HIGH
Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307)
2026-07-28 ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov GHSA-8v62-p5rj-72x6
8.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: hq
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Brute-force prevention, rate limiting
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: Active threat signals + CRITICAL/HIGH severity.
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 28, 2026

Brute-force vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS allows adjacent network attackers to gain full administrative access by repeatedly guessing API credentials without effective lockout or rate-limiting. The absence of source-based restrictions and the ability to bypass a weak per-connection delay through concurrent sessions make high-volume password attacks practical. Successful exploitation grants complete control over the device, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected VersionsENISA

Cloud Hosted Router All versions
RouterOS All versions

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Severity by source

Vendor (hq) PRIMARY 8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (hq) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: hq

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

MikroTik RouterOS contains a weakness in its API authentication handling that lacks effective safeguards against excessive login attempts. The system does not enforce meaningful rate-limiting, account lockout, or source-based restrictions, allowing repeated authentication failures to proceed without defensive response. In some versions, a fixed per-connection delay is present, but it can be bypassed through concurrent sessions, resulting in continued high-volume attempts. This deficiency increases the risk that an attacker could eventually obtain valid credentials and gain unauthorized access to administrative services.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86% exploitable
Threat Intel
1
1 sources
Social Media
2
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat Yes
Deciding rule
Active threat signals + CRITICAL/HIGH severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Controlled
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

54
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +44
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: +10
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

CVE-2026-86060 CRITICAL POC
9.2 Sep 05

Privilege escalation in MikroTik RouterOS lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker abuse the SSH login helper to rewrite

CVE-2026-67277 HIGH POC
8.8 Sep 05

Remote unauthenticated exploitation of MikroTik RouterOS's Bandwidth Test (btest) service allows two distinct attacks: k

CVE-2026-67279 MEDIUM POC
6.9 Sep 05

SSH authentication bypass in MikroTik RouterOS allows any unauthenticated network attacker to skip the entire SSH user-a

CVE-2017-17538 HIGH POC
7.5 Dec 13

MikroTik v6.40.5 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMP packets. Rated high sev

CVE-2017-7285 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 29

A vulnerability in the network stack of MikroTik Version 6.38.5 released 2017-03-09 could allow an unauthenticated remot

CVE-2017-6444 HIGH POC
7.5 Mar 12

The MikroTik Router hAP Lite 6.25 has no protection mechanism for unsolicited TCP ACK packets in the case of a fast netw

CVE-2022-34960 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Aug 25

The container package in MikroTik RouterOS 7.4beta4 allows an attacker to create mount points pointing to symbolic links

CVE-2020-13118 CRITICAL POC
9.8 May 16

An issue was discovered in Mikrotik-Router-Monitoring-System through 2018-10-22. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), thi

CVE-2018-7445 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 19

A buffer overflow was found in the MikroTik RouterOS SMB service when processing NetBIOS session request messages. Rated

CVE-2026-67276 CRITICAL POC
9.2 Sep 05

Authentication bypass in MikroTik RouterOS lets a remote unauthenticated attacker log in over SSH as an authorized user

CVE-2018-14847 CRITICAL POC
9.1 Aug 02

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated

CVE-2022-45313 HIGH POC
8.8 Dec 05

Mikrotik RouterOs before stable v7.5 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the hotspot process. Rated high

Threat IntelligenceMISP

CISA Advisories
Sources: CISA (public domain), CISA Vulnrichment

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