{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-67278", "assignerOrgId": "4bb8329e-dd38-46c1-aafb-9bf32bcb93c6", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "CERT-PL", "dateReserved": "2026-07-29T11:59:30.538Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-05T20:00:57.258Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-17T14:20:12.715Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "4bb8329e-dd38-46c1-aafb-9bf32bcb93c6", "shortName": "CERT-PL", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-17T14:20:12.715Z" }, "title": "TLS server impersonation possible in Mikrotik RouterOS", "datePublic": "2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z", "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "cweId": "CWE-347", "description": "CWE-347 Improper verification of cryptographic signature", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "affected": [ { "vendor": "Mikrotik", "product": "RouterOS", "versions": [ { "status": "affected", "version": "7.24", "lessThan": "7.24.3", "versionType": "custom" }, { "status": "affected", "version": "7.0.0", "lessThan": "7.23.6", "versionType": "custom" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "operator": "OR", "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.24", "versionEndExcluding": "7.24.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.23.6" } ] } ] } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "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.\n\n\n\nThis issue affects only 7.x branch was fixed in versions: 7.23.6 (Long-term) and 7.24.3 (Stable).\nReleases 7.23.4 and 7.24.2 included an incomplete fix.", "supportingMedia": [ { "type": "text/html", "base64": false, "value": "
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.