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Friday, September 18, 2026
Data as of 13:09 UTC

MikroTik RouterOS Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2026-09-10
Federal due date
2026-09-13
Vendor
MikroTik
Product
RouterOS
EPSS
57.0th percentile (score 0.009, as of 2026-09-16)
NVD CVSS v3.1
8.2 (HIGH)
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67277

CISA short description

MikroTik RouterOS contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability which allows kernel memory disclosure and denial of service in the btest service.

Required action

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

NVD description

RouterOS accepts a "related" btest connection before the corresponding primary session has completed authentication. An unauthenticated client can use this state to start an IPv4 UDP test. With "random-data=false", the sender transmits an uninitialized tail from a kernel packet buffer. A separate unchecked, inverted packet-size interval causes unsigned integer underflow, anomalously large fragmented output, and can restart the RouterOS kernel. This issue was fixed in versions: 6.49.21 (Long-term), 7.23.4 (Long-term) and 7.24.2 (Stable)

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.