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MikroTik RouterOS 7.24 – safe to update?
0 problem reports and 0 positive reports found on Reddit (plus 2 other mentions). Out for 64 days and we haven't found any problem reports. Quiet isn't proof — but most bad releases get noticed within a week.
Requirements and changes
Lines from the official notes worth checking before you update:
- app - removed healthcheck from opencloud-extended-collabora
- bgp - removed "save-to" from "resend" command
Security update: this release fixes security issues (highest CVSS 8.2). Waiting carries its own risk — if your device is exposed, weigh that against the reports below.
Did you install 7.24?
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What's in this release
Stable release with 260 changelog entries (84 are fixes or stability changes).
Source: MikroTik changelog (upgrade.mikrotik.com, stable channel)
CVEs fixed
- CVE-2026-89028 HIGH 8.2 (NVD: fixed in this version)
MikroTik RouterOS before 7.24 contains a heap memory corruption vulnerability in the userspace SMB daemon that allows remote attackers to corrupt adjacent heap memory by supplying a crafted uniPwdLen value in the SMB1 SessionSetupAndX handler. An attacker can… - CVE-2026-56719 MEDIUM 6.3 (NVD: fixed in this version)
MikroTik RouterOS before 7.24 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the userspace SMB daemon that allows unauthenticated attackers to read beyond the end of the request buffer by supplying a crafted uniPwdLen field value in a minimal SMB1 SessionSet…
Community reports
- Mention
RB5009UG+S+ + Omni Fiber upgrade fails. · Reddit · 2026-10-16
I am currently running 7.21.4 (long-term) on my router, If I try to update to 7.24 or higher the router comes back unable to obtain an IP I've compared the 2 configs and nothing changes except the firmware version. I am not sure where to start because Omni Fiber refuses to help…
- Mention
[🎥 TikTube] RouterOS 7.24 changelog - switches with L3HW VRF, LLDP PoE, Preamble Puncturing and more... · Reddit · 2026-10-15
**New video from MikroTik's official TikTube channel** Biggest news - hardware offloading for VRFs is now getting introduced in many CRS products, along with CCR and RDS. Here is the list of included switch chips - 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX…
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← MikroTik RouterOS 7.23.8 · MikroTik RouterOS 7.24.1 →
Other MikroTik RouterOS versions
- 7.23.8 2026-10-08
- 7.24.5 2026-10-01
- 7.24.4 2026-09-16
- 7.23.7 2026-09-16
- 7.24.3 2026-09-14
- 7.23.6 2026-09-14
- 7.23.5 2026-09-04
- 7.24.2 2026-09-03
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