CVE-2026-103903CWE-863broken-access-control

CVE-2026-103903

High · published October 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An incorrect authorization vulnerability in the WinBox

authentication flow of MikroTik RouterOS allows a remote authenticated attacker

with credentials for a low-privilege account permitted to use WinBox to obtain

the authorization policy of a different existing account. The stage-one EC-SRP

challenge and proof are verified using the attacker's account, while the

independently supplied stage-two username is used to install the target

account's privileges. By specifying a higher-privilege account such as admin, a

low-privilege user can obtain a full administrative session without knowing the

target account's password and can use that session to increase the privileges

of the attacker's own account.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00415 · 34.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-10-12T15:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 12 OCT 10:37Z
    MikroTik RouterOS WinBox split-principal authentication bypass allows privilege escalation
    cvelistv5
  • 12 OCT 10:37Z
    MikroTik RouterOS WinBox split-principal authentication bypass allows privilege escalation
    cvelistv5