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CVE-2023-20202

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20202 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers, stemming from improper memory management. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this by sending specific network requests, causing the wncd process to consume excessive memory and leading to a device reload. Rated 6.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on availability, but there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
17.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.9.1aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.9.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.9.1wCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.9.1w:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.9.1xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.9.1x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
17.9.1x1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:17.9.1x1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 20th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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-wlc-wncd-HFGMsfSD
Vendor Advisory