RouterosOperating system · Mikrotik

CVE-2020-22845

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-02-28
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A buffer overflow in Mikrotik RouterOS 6.47 allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via crafted FTP requests.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Buffer overflow vulnerability in Mikrotik RouterOS 6.47 FTP service allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the router via specially crafted FTP requests, resulting in denial of service.

MitigationUpgrade RouterOS to a patched version beyond 6.47; if immediate patching is not feasible, disable or restrict FTP access at network boundaries and implement rate limiting on port 21.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
RouterosOperating system
Affected:= 6.47

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify RouterOS version
    Run /system resource print in RouterOS CLI or check the web interface under System > Resources. Look for the 'version' field in the output.
    Affected if Version shows exactly 6.47 or falls within the affected 6.47 release line
  2. Verify FTP service is enabled
    Run /ip service print in RouterOS CLI. Check if the 'ftp' service has an 'address' value other than 0.0.0.0/0 or shows as enabled in the web interface under IP > Services.
    Affected if FTP service is listed as enabled and accessible (address is not restricted to localhost/internal networks only)
  3. Confirm FTP port is listening and exposed
    Run /ip firewall filter print in RouterOS CLI and inspect rules on chain input that reference port 21 or the FTP service. Alternatively, run netstat -an | grep :21 from the CLI to confirm port 21 is listening.
    Affected if Port 21 is listening and firewall rules allow external/any source access to the FTP service
  4. Check network exposure of FTP
    Review firewall rules in /ip firewall filter for any input-chain rules that allow dst-port=21 from external addresses. Run /ip address print to identify thewan-facing IP addresses.
    Affected if FTP service can be reached fromwan or untrusted network segments (rules permit any or broad external ranges to port 21)

A user is affected if they run Mikrotik RouterOS version 6.47 (or the affected 6.47 release) with the FTP service enabled and exposed to network locations where an attacker could send malicious FTP requests.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade RouterOS to a patched version beyond 6.47; if immediate patching is not feasible, disable or restrict FTP access at network boundaries and implement rate limiting on port 21.

Fix this in Routeros Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA1.0 h
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