CVE-2026-86060Critical· 9.8▾ Hadal⚠ Exploited in the wildPoC availableRouterOS contains an argument-handling flaw in the SSH login path involving usernames that begin with a prohibited character, allowing for the trusted RouterOS policy mask to be changed, leading to privilege escalation. Exploitation requ…
▾ Hadal zone — Critical and actively exploited (CISA KEV / 0day)
impact 53.9 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 25
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 6.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
0.4%
Federal remediation due Sep 13, 2026
Last analysed / modified upstream
1 GitHub repo
9.2 → 9.8
9.8 → 9.2
9.2 → 9.8
0.4% → 1.1%
Added to the CISA catalog on Sep 10, 2026. Federal remediation due Sep 13, 2026. View catalog ↗
RouterOS contains an argument-handling flaw in the SSH login path involving usernames that begin with a prohibited character, allowing for the trusted RouterOS policy mask to be changed, leading to privilege escalation. Exploitation requires an unauthenticated SSH session to reach the RouterOS login helper.This issue was fixed in versions: 6.49.21 (Long-term), 7.23.4 (Long-term) and 7.24.2 (Stable)
routeros >= 6.0, < 6.49.21routeros >= 7.0, < 7.23.4routeros >= 7.24, < 7.24.2Upgrade past the affected range:
routeros 7.24.2Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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