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CVE-2021-1373

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1373 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers, stemming from insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet, causing the device to crash and reload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.6 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.10.1sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.10.1s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.11.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:16.11.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0149 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ewlc-capwap-dos-2OA3JgKS
Vendor Advisory