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CVE-2026-86060

SSH session privilege manipulation via a crafted username in Mikrotik RouterOS

CVSS 4.0 Critical 9.2Known exploited (CISA KEV)

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

RouterOS contains an argument-handling flaw in the SSH login path involving usernames that begin with a prohibited character, allowing for the trusted RouterOS policy mask to be changed, leading to privilege escalation. Exploitation requires an unauthenticated SSH session to reach the RouterOS login helper.This issue was fixed in versions: 6.49.21 (Long-term), 7.23.4 (Long-term) and 7.24.2 (Stable)

Official description from the CVE record, published by CERT-PL. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org

Key data

CVSS 4.0 Critical 9.2

Score published by CERT-PL in the CVE record.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

  • Attack vector: Network

    The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.

  • Attack complexity: Low

    No measurable action is needed to get around the system's built-in security controls. The attack is repeatable.

  • Attack requirements: Present

    The attack depends on certain deployment or execution conditions being present.

  • Privileges required: None

    No account or privileges are needed.

  • User interaction: None

    No action from any user is needed.

  • Vulnerable system: confidentiality: High

    Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.

  • Vulnerable system: integrity: High

    Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.

  • Vulnerable system: availability: High

    Serious or total effect on availability.

  • Subsequent systems: confidentiality: None

    No effect on other systems' data secrecy.

  • Subsequent systems: integrity: None

    No effect on other systems' data trustworthiness.

  • Subsequent systems: availability: None

    No effect on other systems' availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
Score
0.06392 (6.4% probability)
Percentile
93.7%
Scores of
Nov 10, 2026
Model
v2026.06.15

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Name in the catalog
MikroTik RouterOS Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command Vulnerability
Added to the catalog
Sep 10, 2026
Federal due date
Sep 13, 2026

CISA assessment as of Sep 8, 2026

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.
Exploitation
Recorded by CISA as active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.
CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CWE license.
  • CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

  • Mikrotik RouterOS

    • affected: 7.24 up to before 7.24.2
    • affected: 7.0.0 up to before 7.23.4
    • affected: 6.0.0 up to before 6.49.21

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved
  2. Record published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. Record last updated

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