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MikroTik RouterOS WinBox split-principal authentication bypass allows privilege escalation

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

An incorrect authorization vulnerability in the WinBox authentication flow of MikroTik RouterOS allows a remote authenticated attacker with credentials for a low-privilege account permitted to use WinBox to obtain the authorization policy of a different existing account. The stage-one EC-SRP challenge and proof are verified using the attacker's account, while the independently supplied stage-two username is used to install the target account's privileges. By specifying a higher-privilege account such as admin, a low-privilege user can obtain a full administrative session without knowing the target account's password and can use that session to increase the privileges of the attacker's own account.

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CVE-2026-103903

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-103903

RouterOS

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "MikroTik",
    "modules": [
      "WinBox authentication / user service"
    ],
    "product": "RouterOS",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "7.0.0",
        "lessThan": "7.24.5",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.25rc1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-103903

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#17221 · Revision 1
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