Assessment status: incomplete evidence review. Flash encryption and real-world attack frequency remain unscored. Any automatically displayed grade is not a validated overall security conclusion.
| Teltonika RUTX08 (RUTX08)
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Security Grade
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Teltonika RUTX08
Category: Router • Model / Gen: RUTX08
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Security Evaluation
1. Device Security
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Value
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Proof
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Comment
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| Known hardware tampering
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Rare
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🔗 Proof
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Physical reset and Ethernet bootloader recovery are documented. Rare is a qualitative physical-exposure rating, not measured attack prevalence.
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| Known vulnerabilities
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Very common
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🔗 Proof
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The model firmware history records multiple CVE fixes. This describes historical exposure; it does not claim patched versions remain vulnerable.
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| Prior attacks
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🔗 Proof
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Unscored: model-specific real-world attack frequency has not been established. Vulnerability disclosures alone do not demonstrate exploitation.
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| Updatability
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Very common
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🔗 Proof
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The vendor lists multiple dated firmware releases and security fixes. Update availability is distinct from installation on deployed units.
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| Category Score
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Score: 2 / 3
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2. System Security
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Value
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Proof
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Comment
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| Authentication with other systems
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Partial
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🔗 Proof
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Certificates and authenticated services are configurable; universal mutual authentication across all interfaces is not established.
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| Communications
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Encrypted with up-to-date encryption
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🔗 Proof
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Scope: current documented HTTPS management capability. Legacy or optional plaintext protocols can still exist; this is not a claim that every traffic flow is encrypted.
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| Storage
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🔗 Proof
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Unscored: backup encryption documentation does not establish encryption of data stored in flash. Do not infer whole-flash encryption from encrypted exports.
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| Category Score
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Score: Expression error: Missing operand for +. / 3
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3. User Authentication
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Value
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Proof
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Comment
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| Account management
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Full
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🔗 Proof
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Separate WebUI users, editable permission groups, password changes and lower-privilege access are documented. SSH accounts have separate constraints.
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| Authentication
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Basic
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🔗 Proof
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Password login is the baseline. Optional stronger methods must be configured; recovery-mode security and installed firmware were not tested.
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| Brute-force protection
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Exist
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🔗 Proof
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The model manual documents IP blocking after failed SSH/WebUI logins, enabled by default with a configurable threshold of 10.
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| Event logging
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Partial logging
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🔗 Proof
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Failed-login source, protocol and attempt status are available. Persistent audit completeness and log retention have not been verified.
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| Passwords
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Require change after setup with complexity requirements
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🔗 Proof
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Initial setup requires a new password; complexity requirements are documented. Defaults vary across firmware and hardware batches.
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| Category Score
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Score: 2 / 3
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Technical Specifications
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Details
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| Operating System & App
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RutOS (Companion App: )
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| Hardware (CPU / GPU)
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CPU: • GPU:
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| Memory & Storage
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Memory: • Storage:
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| Power, Battery & Charging
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Battery: • Power: • Charging:
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| Display & Camera
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Display: • Camera:
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| Sound & Connectivity
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Sound: • Connectivity:
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| Physical (Dimensions & Mass)
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Dimensions: • Mass:
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Scope and evidence gaps
Documentation review dated 2026-10-24; no hands-on testing. Ratings describe documented features and explicitly identified assumptions, not every deployed configuration. Two unknown criteria are intentionally left unscored rather than equated with safety or lack of encryption. Administrator review is requested before treating the calculated grade as final.
Exact commercial release date has not been verified and is intentionally unfilled.
The RUTX family has an EOL transition announcement; an EOL announcement does not mean support has already ceased.
