CVE-2025-20315
A vulnerability in the Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR) feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed CAPWAP packets through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload unexpectedly, resulting in a DoS condition.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.6
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.44%
- CWE
- CWE-805
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- Last modified
- 2026-03-12
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
- Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software
Weakness type
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