CVE-2026-89020

MikroTik RouterOS Stack Buffer Overflow via TFTP URL Path

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 14, 2026 at 06:02 PM UTC
Updated: October 1, 2026 at 03:21 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRouterOS

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

MikroTik RouterOS before 7.23.4 (long-term) and 7.24.2 (stable) contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the mtget binary's TFTP RRQ builder function that allows authenticated users to crash the mtget worker process by supplying a URL path of 507 bytes or more to the /tool fetch command; the first write outside the 528-byte buffer occurs at 505 bytes. Attackers can trigger the overflow by issuing a fetch command with a crafted tftp:// URL path, which causes an unbounded rep movsb instruction to overwrite saved registers at a deterministic offset, crashing the process without requiring a reachable TFTP server or elevated privileges beyond read-only group membership.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 7.23.47.24.0 ≤ v < 7.24.27.24.0
Affected range stops below 7.23.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.24.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.3MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-121

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