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CVE-2019-3979

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3979 describes a DNS cache poisoning vulnerability affecting MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.45.6 Stable, 6.44.5 Long-term, and below. A remote attacker can exploit this by controlling a DNS server to inject malicious, unrelated A records into the router's DNS cache during legitimate queries. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) requires no user interaction and has a high impact on integrity, allowing for DNS manipulation. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.44.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:ltr:*:*:*
<= 6.45.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

aristavendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
naturalintelligencevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
netgearvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
opencartvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
payloadcmsvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
safarivendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (6)

netgearllm-netgear-0449dfbc051ec94fHIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019
aristallm-arista-3e170c1c6fc80c94HIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019
opencartllm-opencart-94d254e733d0a401HIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019
safarillm-safari-76e7b8485ac638f3HIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019
naturalintelligencellm-naturalintelligence-ff21ec02277749a8HIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019
payloadcmsllm-payloadcms-8e5133e57395bba9HIGH

MikroTik RouterOS Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oct 28, 2019

References

tenable.com / security/research/tra-2019-46
Third Party Advisory