Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-67279

Mikrotik Routeros 6.0 – 6.49.21

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD ExploitedPublic PoC
Published
05 September 2026
Modified
26 September 2026
KEV Added
25 September 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 6.9
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Raw vectorCVSS: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
EPSS Score 0.0071 52th percentile
Risk Priority 75 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-67279 is a medium-severity Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow (CWE-841) vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique External Remote Services (T1133); ranked in the top 48% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-11 (Re-authentication) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

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…

more

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)

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
25 September 2026

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1133 External Remote Services Persistence
Adversaries may leverage external-facing remote services to initially access and/or persist within a network.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1657 Financial Theft Impact
Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

Affected Assets

mikrotik
routeros
6.0 — 6.49.21 · 7.0 — 7.23.4 · 7.24 — 7.24.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V7.2.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Access enforcement can require each successive workflow step to present the proper authorization context before proceeding.

Re-authentication requirements can be placed at critical workflow steps to ensure the actor has performed prior behaviors.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Enforcing authorization policies can include sequence constraints on multi-step actions.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Hardened configuration baselines can embed required workflow ordering rules.

PR.PS-06 partial match
prevents

Secure development practices directly address proper workflow enforcement during design and coding.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle requires explicit workflow enforcement in multi-step processes.

prevents

Application security requirements include sequencing and state-transition rules for critical workflows.

prevents

Secure architecture principles address proper ordering of security-critical operations.

prevents

Secure coding practices can prevent missing workflow checks but do not define the control itself.

finds

Security testing can detect workflow bypasses but does not enforce them at runtime.

mitigates

Change management can require workflow adherence for changes but is not the primary mitigation.

References