VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-20230
An authenticated remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service due to overloading the systems CPU.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- mikrotik/routeros
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.htmlTechnical Description
- https://github.com/cq674350529/pocs_slides/blob/master/advisory/MikroTik/CVE-2020-20230/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.htmlTechnical Description
- https://github.com/cq674350529/pocs_slides/blob/master/advisory/MikroTik/CVE-2020-20230/README.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.