CVE-2023-20176 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a high volume of traffic to an AP, causing resource exhaustion and disrupting Datagram TLS sessions. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, the CVSS score of 8.6 indicates a significant potential impact on availability. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are currently minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9166_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9164_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9136_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9130_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9124_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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