Description
A vulnerability in the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol processing of Cisco IOS XE Software for Cisco Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a logic error that occurs during the validation of CAPWAP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted CAPWAP packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges or cause the affected device to crash and reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ewlc-capwap-rce-LYgj8Kf
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0103
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (29)
cisco/ios_xe
cisco/ios_xe
3.15.1xbs
cisco/ios_xe
3.15.2xbs
cisco/ios_xe
16.6.4s
cisco/ios_xe
16.10.1
cisco/ios_xe
16.10.1e
cisco/ios_xe
16.10.1s
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1a
cisco/ios_xe
16.11.1b
... and 19 more
Published
Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026