{"id":"CVE-2025-20140","aliases":["EUVD-2025-13886","GHSA-pxp6-97q7-w6wm"],"status":"published","title":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for...","description":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent wireless attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to improper memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of IPv6 network requests from an associated wireless IPv6 client to an affected device. To associate a client to a device, an attacker may first need to authenticate to the network, or associate freely in the case of a configured open network. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wncd process to consume available memory and eventually cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00249,"percentile":0.16341,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-789"],"published":"2025-05-07T17:36:49Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:40:45Z","products":[{"vendor":"cisco","product":"cisco ios xe software"},{"vendor":"cisco","product":"ios_xe"}],"references":[{"url":"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wlc-wncd-p6Gvt6HL","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20140"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxp6-97q7-w6wm"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-20140","description":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent wireless attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to improper memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of IPv6 network requests from an associated wireless IPv6 client to an affected device. To associate a client to a device, an attacker may first need to authenticate to the network, or associate freely in the case of a configured open network. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wncd process to consume available memory and eventually cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-07T17:36:49.207Z","modified":"2025-05-07T17:51:42.769Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-789"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:25.5658Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-13886","description":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent wireless attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to improper memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of IPv6 network requests from an associated wireless IPv6 client to an affected device. To associate a client to a device, an attacker may first need to authenticate to the network, or associate freely in the case of a configured open network. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wncd process to consume available memory and eventually cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-07T17:36:49Z","modified":"2025-05-07T17:51:42Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:52.670412Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-pxp6-97q7-w6wm","title":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for...","description":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent wireless attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.\n\n This vulnerability is due to improper memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of IPv6 network requests from an associated wireless IPv6 client to an affected device. To associate a client to a device, an attacker may first need to authenticate to the network, or associate freely in the case of a configured open network. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wncd process to consume available memory and eventually cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-07T18:30:48Z","modified":"2025-05-07T18:30:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-789"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:02:11.220851Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-20140","description":"A vulnerability in the Wireless Network Control daemon (wncd) of Cisco IOS XE Software for Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent wireless attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.\r\n\r This vulnerability is due to improper memory management. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of IPv6 network requests from an associated wireless IPv6 client to an affected device. To associate a client to a device, an attacker may first need to authenticate to the network, or associate freely in the case of a configured open network. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the wncd process to consume available memory and eventually cause the device to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-07T18:15:36.64Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:40:45.753Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-789"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:06.085152Z"}]}}