Mikrotik Routeros Authentication Bypass Vulnerability File

The flaw allowed a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and read arbitrary files on the target system. In the context of MikroTik, reading specific files allows an attacker to extract the administrative user database, including usernames and password hashes.

: There is no hotfix or workaround that patches the authentication bypass logic other than upgrading. Firewall rules only limit who can try the attack, not the existence of the flaw. mikrotik routeros authentication bypass vulnerability