CVE-2026-16769 PUBLISHED

RS9116W/SiWx917 plaintext pause encryption request causes DOS

Assigner: Silabs
Reserved: 23.07.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 08.09.2026

An unencrypted 'pause encryption request' message causes a denial of service in the in the RS9116W/SiWx917. See vulnerability B-E10 in the related paper below.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Adjacent	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	silabs.com
Product	WiseCnnect
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2.0.0 to 2.. (incl.)

References

https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000x0Yqy
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.02905

Problem Types

CWE-440 Expected behavior violation CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-113 Interface Manipulation