CVE-2020-3206

MEDIUM

Cisco IOS XE - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Spoofed 802.11w PMF

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the handling of IEEE 802.11w Protected Management Frames (PMFs) of Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers that are running Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to terminate a valid user connection to an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software does not properly validate 802.11w disassociation and deauthentication PMFs that it receives. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a spoofed 802.11w PMF from a valid, authenticated client on a network adjacent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate a single valid user connection to the affected device.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 32.5%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1e
cisco/ios_xe 16.10.1s
Published Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026