6.5Medium
Mikrotik Routeros
CVE-2020-20211
Mikrotik RouterOs 6.44.5 (long-term tree) suffers from an assertion failure vulnerability in the /nova/bin/console process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to an assertion failure via a crafted packet.
What this means for your business
- It affects Mikrotik Routeros. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Mikrotik Routeros, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2021-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Mikrotik Routeros6.44.5
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.