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Summary

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to extract the router's WireGuard private key in plaintext using only low‑privilege API access, enabling full VPN impersonation and decryption of all associated traffic.

The following versions of MikroTik RouterOS are affected:

  • RouterOS vers:all/* (CVE-2026-14227)

CVSS

Vendor

Equipment

Vulnerabilities

v3 4.9

MikroTik

MikroTik RouterOS

Insufficient Session Expiration

Background

  • Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Information Technology
  • Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide
  • Company Headquarters Location: Latvia

Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2026-14227

An API session‑management flaw in products with the MikroTik RouterOS API enabled are vulnerable to a Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability. This could allow active sessions to retain their previous permission set after inactivity timeouts or user‑group changes. As a result, an authenticated user whose permissions have been reduced may continue accessing information.

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Affected Products

MikroTik RouterOS

Vendor:

MikroTik

Product Version:

MikroTik RouterOS: vers:all/*

Product Status:

known_affected

Remediations

Mitigation

MikroTik recommends administrators to ensure that when a user's permissions are downgraded, the affected user is fully logged out so the new policy can take effect.

Mitigation

For more information, contact MikroTik (https://mikrotik.com/support).

https://mikrotik.com/support

Relevant CWE: CWE-613 Insufficient Session Expiration

Metrics

CVSS Version

Base Score

Base Severity

Vector String

3.1

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

4.0

6.9

MEDIUM

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

Acknowledgments

  • Andre Santos reported this vulnerability to CISA

Legal Notice and Terms of Use

This product is provided subject to this Notification (https://www.cisa.gov/notification) and this Privacy & Use policy (https://www.cisa.gov/privacy-policy).

Recommended Practices

CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Minimize network exposure for all control system devices and/or systems, ensuring they are not accessible from the internet.

Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolating them from business networks.

When remote access is required, use more secure methods, such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), recognizing VPNs may have vulnerabilities and should be updated to the most current version available. Also recognize VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.

CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.

CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.

CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.

Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.

Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.

CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:

Do not click web links or open attachments in unsolicited email messages.

Refer to Recognizing and Avoiding Email Scams for more information on avoiding email scams.

Refer to Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks for more information on social engineering attacks.

No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.

Revision History

  • Initial Release Date: 2026-07-30

Date

Revision

Summary

2026-07-30

1

Initial Publication

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