CVE-2019-3977

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

RouterOS 6.45.6 Stable, RouterOS 6.44.5 Long-term, and below insufficiently validate where upgrade packages are download from when using the autoupgrade feature. Therefore, a remote attacker can trick the router into "upgrading" to an older version of RouterOS and possibly reseting all the system's usernames and passwords.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-494

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	MikroTik RouterOS	RouterOS 6.45.6 Stable and below. RouterOS 6.44.5 Long-term and below.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-46Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-46Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 29, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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