A critical severity 'Super Admin' privilege elevation flaw puts over 900,000 MikroTik RouterOS routers at risk, potentially enabling attackers to take full control over a device and remain undetected.
Up to 900,00 MikroTik routers — a popular target for threat actors including nation-state groups — may be open to attack via a privilege escalation vulnerability in the RouterOS operating system. The ...
Before an upgrade: Remember to make backup/export files before an upgrade and save them on another storage device; Make sure the device will not lose power during upgrade process; Device has enough free storage space for all RouterOS packages to be downloaded. What's new in 7.22.1 (2026-Mar-23 16:35): bgp-vpn - fixed non-working import filter after reboot; certificate - added option to ...
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Mikrotik has lately focused on the casual/home user. The whole device-mode (install-any-version, etc.) and making it easy to update installs straight from the management interface was about them.
Before an upgrade: Remember to make backup/export files before an upgrade and save them on another storage device; Make sure the device will not lose power during upgrade process; Device has enough free storage space for all RouterOS packages to be downloaded. What's new in 7.22 (2026-Mar-09 10:38): ! certificate - added support for multiple ACME certificates (services that use a previously ...
Security experts have warned that hundreds of thousands of routers produced by Latvian networking equipment maker MikroTik are vulnerable to a critical bug which could enable attackers to remotely ...
Bleeping Computer: Super Admin elevation bug puts 900,000 MikroTik devices at risk