CVE-2020-10364 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service and reboot MikroTik routers by exploiting uncontrolled resource management in the SSH daemon.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10364?
CVE-2020-10364 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, published on 23 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SSH daemon on MikroTik routers through v6.44.3 could allow remote attackers to generate CPU activity, trigger refusal of new authorized connections, and cause a reboot via connect and write system calls, because of uncontrolled resource management.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10364?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mikrotik Routeros.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10364?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-10364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mikrotik Routeros
- CVE-2018-7445 MikroTik RouterOS Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2026-86060 MikroTik RouterOS Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
- CVE-2018-14847 MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal
- CVE-2026-67277 MikroTik RouterOS Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2026-67279 Mikrotik RouterOS Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wv35-897x-f828.