MikroTrick Chain Let Attackers Take Over MikroTik Routers Without a Password or SSH Key
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MikroTrick Chain Let Attackers Take Over MikroTik Routers Without a Password or SSH Key

The Hacker News · Sep 23, 2026

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MikroTrick Chain Let Attackers Take Over MikroTik Routers Without a Password or SSH Key
Security September 23, 2026

Two MikroTik RouterOS SSH vulnerabilities chained together let attackers take full administrative control of Internet-exposed routers without a password, SSH key, or completed authentication. The chain, which CERT Polska calls MikroTrick, combines an SSH state-machine flaw (CVE-2026-67279) with an argument-injection bug in the RouterOS login process (CVE-2026-86060). Attack logs date to at

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