🛡️ CVE-2022-20769
🟠 CVSS 7.4 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
7.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A vulnerability in the authentication functionality of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) AireOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient error validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wireless LAN controller to crash, resulting in a DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability affects only devices that have Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode enabled.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-30
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wireless-lan-controller-software 8.10.171.0

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