Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-20217

Description

Mikrotik RouterOs before 6.47 (stable tree) suffers from an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in the /nova/bin/route process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to overloading the systems CPU.

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Affected products

Mikrotik/Routeros2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <6.47
- (no CPE)range: <6.47
Mikrotik/RouterOsdescription

Patches

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References

cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/cq674350529/pocs_slides/blob/master/advisory/MikroTik/CVE-2020-20217/README.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
mikrotik.comnvdVendor Advisory

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