CVE-2026-67278
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileDERUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
MikroTik RouterOS accepts malformed RSA/PKCS#1 v1.5 signatures across RSA-based services, including TLS/X.509 certificate validation and SSH host-key authentication. Because its trust store includes an e=3 root CA, an attacker controlling or redirecting an outbound RouterOS TLS connection can use the root’s public certificate - without its private key - to forge a trusted intermediate and issue certificates for arbitrary hostnames, enabling TLS server impersonation. The same permissive verification also undermines RSA-based SSH authentication. This issue affects only 7.x branch was fixed in versions: 7.23.6 (Long-term) and 7.24.3 (Stable). Releases 7.23.4 and 7.24.2 included an incomplete fix.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–critical · 1.7–9.1
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affected products (12)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-3193MikroTik RouterOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MikroTik RouterOS ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen und um die Kontrolle über betroffene Geräte zu übernehmen.
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references (6) nvd
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- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/mikrotik-routeros-cveThird Party Advisory
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/09/vulnerabilities-in-mikrotik-routeros-actively-exploited/MitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/7-23-6-long-term-is-released/273139Release Notes
- https://forum.mikrotik.com/t/7-24-3-stable-is-released/273138Release Notes
- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/september-2026-vulnerability/Vendor Advisory
- https://npratley.net/reversing-mikrotiks-silent-patch-the-routeros-7-23-4-fix-they-wouldnt-explain/ExploitThird Party Advisory
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