CVE-2023-20268 is a resource exhaustion vulnerability in Cisco access point software, affecting various Cisco Business and Catalyst wireless products. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker can exploit this by sending specific wireless packets, leading to resource consumption and potential disruption of the CAPWAP tunnel and wireless client traffic. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), the attack requires adjacent access and has low impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.10.190.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 17.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_embedded_wireless_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.4.0, < 17.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_embedded_wireless_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.8.0, < 17.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catalyst_9800_embedded_wireless_controller_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:business_150ax_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
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