CVE-2020-20230
MEDIUMMikrotik RouterOS < 6.47 - Authenticated Denial of Service via SSH Resource Consumption
Title source: llmDescription
Mikrotik RouterOs before stable 6.47 suffers from an uncontrolled resource consumption in the sshd process. An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to overloading the systems CPU.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Technical Description x_refsource_misc
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/cq674350529/pocs_slides/blob/master/advisory/MikroTik/CVE-2020-20230/README.md
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0194
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (1)
mikrotik/routeros
< 6.47
Published
Jul 19, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026