AI Helps Uncover MikroTrick Attack Chain in MikroTik RouterOS

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News24 Sep 2026, 20:16 CEST

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MikroTrick chains two RouterOS flaws to bypass authentication and gain admin access. AI helped researchers uncover the attack chain within days. MikroTik pushed out patches on September 3, 2026 for several RouterOS issues at once, calling it an important security update without saying what it actually fixed.

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