What is CVE-2023-20176?

CVE-2023-20176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-20176?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Cisco Aironet Access Point Software

CVE-2023-20176

A vulnerability in the networking component of Cisco access point (AP) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a temporary disruption of service. This vulnerability is due to overuse of AP resources. An attacke…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.001 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Cisco Aironet Access Point Software — versions 8.10.170.0
Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (Ios Xe Controller) — versions 16.10.1e, 16.10.1, 17.1.1t

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20176?: CVE-2023-20176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Point Software, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-20176?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.