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8291 MikroTik WinBox

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

MikroTik RouterOS WinBox configurator.

When / why

Router management. Mass-exploited (CVE-2018-14847) — never internet-exposed.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 8291

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

⚠ High exposure risk — this service should never be reachable from untrusted networks. Scope the rule to a management subnet or VPN.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 8291

Allow TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="8291" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 8291 accept

Allow TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 8291 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-mikrotikwinbox-8291 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 8291

Inbound rule for 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=8291,ToPort=8291,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-mikrotikwinbox-8291 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:8291 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow MikroTik WinBox 8291/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8291 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow MikroTik WinBox 8291/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8291 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 8291 (MikroTik WinBox). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.