Vulnerability report

Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2026-67277

RouterOS Denial of Service

Mikrotik / RouterOS · affected before 7.24.2

Severity
CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
0.9%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2026-67277 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Mikrotik RouterOS. RouterOS accepts a "related" btest connection before the corresponding primary session has completed authentication. An unauthenticated...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Mikrotik / RouterOS affected before 7.24.2.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

RouterOS accepts a "related" btest connection before the corresponding primary session has completed authentication

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)

Mikrotik Affected
RouterOS
Before 7.24.2 Before 7.23.4 Before 6.49.21
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Published
05 Sep 2026
Exploitation Reported
10 Sep 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 10 Sep 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2026-09-10 19:50 UTC
CVE 2026-09-10 20:01 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v4.0

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

EPSS

0.9%

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 20:01 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 19:50 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. 20:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  4. 11:59 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.00869,
  "exploit_status": {
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    "active_exploitation_observed": false
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  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}