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CVE-2021-34768

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-34768 describes multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers, stemming from insufficient validation of CAPWAP packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these by sending a malformed CAPWAP packet, causing the device to crash and reload. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.15.1xbsCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.15.1xbs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.15.2xbsCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:3.15.2xbs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.3.2aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.3.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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-gmNjdKOY
Vendor Advisory