CVE-2025-56566 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers with physical access can extract cleartext credentials from SPI flash, enabling unauthorized access to MikroTik devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-56566?
CVE-2025-56566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MikroTik firmware 7.19.4 stores sensitive authentication credentials and network state in cleartext within non-volatile storage. An attacker with physical access to the device can extract this material from an SPI flash dump, without authenticating to the device and without knowledge of the administrative password.
Weakness: CWE-312
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-56566?
How do I fix CVE-2025-56566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-56566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-56566 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-56566 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cq56-4wxf-3742.