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CVE-2022-20856

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-20856 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for Catalyst 9000 Family devices, stemming from a logic error in processing CAPWAP Mobility messages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted packets, leading to resource exhaustion and device reloads. Rated 7.5 HIGH, the attack requires no user interaction and has a high impact on availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
17.3.4cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.3.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 40th 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-c9800-mob-dos-342YAc6J
Vendor Advisory