MikroTik RouterOS before 7.24.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the container package OCI/tar image extraction that allows attackers to write files outside the container root by supplying a crafted container image with symlinks pointing to arbitrary paths. Attackers can exploit unsanitized tar member path extraction during container import via /container/add to achieve root-privileged file creation, directory creation, file deletion via overlayfs whiteout, and hardlink creation on the persistent data partition without ever starting the container. The 7.23.x long-term branch does not contain this fix; the container binaries in container-7.23.3.npk and container-7.23.4.npk are byte-identical, and there is no fixed long-term release at the time of publication.

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mikrotik
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Vendors & Products Mikrotik
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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description MikroTik RouterOS before 7.24.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the container package OCI/tar image extraction that allows attackers to write files outside the container root by supplying a crafted container image with symlinks pointing to arbitrary paths. Attackers can exploit unsanitized tar member path extraction during container import via /container/add to achieve root-privileged file creation, directory creation, file deletion via overlayfs whiteout, and hardlink creation on the persistent data partition without ever starting the container. The 7.23.x long-term branch does not contain this fix; the container binaries in container-7.23.3.npk and container-7.23.4.npk are byte-identical, and there is no fixed long-term release at the time of publication.
Title MikroTik RouterOS Path Traversal via Container OCI/tar Image Extraction
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T19:03:52.470Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T16:23:54.471Z

Link: CVE-2026-89021

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T19:01:45.650Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T19:17:54.723

Modified: 2026-09-14T19:17:54.723

Link: CVE-2026-89021

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T05:45:19Z

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