Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-20056
CVE-2023-20056
Description
A vulnerability in the management CLI of Cisco access point (AP) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of commands supplied by the user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to a device and submitting crafted input to the affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an affected device to reload spontaneously, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <17.9.0.135
- (no CPE)range: n/a
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <8.10.183.0
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