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high 7.4

CVE-2022-20945 json

Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points Association Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

published 2022-09-30 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-26195

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the 802.11 association frame validation of Cisco Catalyst 9100 Series Access Points (APs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of certain parameters within association request frames received by the AP. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted 802.11 association request to a nearby device. An exploit could allow the attacker to unexpectedly reload the device, resulting in a DoS condition.

Patch / fix

  • cisco catalyst_9800-l_firmware 17.6.4
  • cisco catalyst_9800-40_firmware 17.6.4
  • cisco catalyst_9800-80_firmware 17.6.4
  • cisco catalyst_9800-cl_firmware 17.6.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Aironet Access Point Software (IOS XE Controller)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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