What is CVE-2023-20176?

CVE-2023-20176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst_9124, 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 Catalyst_9124

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: 0.007 (47.2th 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 Catalyst_9124
Cisco Catalyst_9124_firmware
Cisco Catalyst_9130
Cisco Catalyst_9130_firmware
Cisco Catalyst_9136
Cisco Catalyst_9136_firmware
Cisco Catalyst_9164
Cisco Catalyst_9164_firmware
Cisco Catalyst_9166
Cisco Catalyst_9166_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20176?: CVE-2023-20176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst_9124, 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.