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CVE-2023-20056

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20056 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the management CLI of Cisco access point software, affecting Cisco AP devices. It carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium) due to insufficient input validation, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to cause a device reload. While the vulnerability requires local authentication, its impact is a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.10.183.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.9.0.135CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.12.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.1, < 17.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.4, < 17.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ap-cli-dos-tc2EKEpu
Vendor Advisory