TI-2020-12527 Aliases CVE-2020-15912 GHSA-27c3-9rq9-x65x

Tesla Model 3 vehicles allow attackers to open a door by leveraging access to a…

LOW 31Published 2020-07-23 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Tesla Model 3 vehicles allow attackers to open a door by leveraging access to a legitimate key card, and then using NFC Relay. NOTE: the vendor has developed Pin2Drive to mitigate this issue

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0119 68th percentileScored 2026-11-08

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:tesla:model_3_firmware:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Tesla
cpe:2.3:h:tesla:model_3:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Tesla

cpe:2.3:o:tesla:model_3_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Tesla
cpe:2.3:h:tesla:model_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Tesla

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15912
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-27c3-9rq9-x65x

References

Exploit 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn-_3AbtEkI

Advisory 4

Other 1

https://www.carhackingvillage.com/speaker-bios#htm3nrr

TI-2019-07342 The renderer process in the entertainment system on Tesla Model 3 vehicles mishandles JIT… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-15459 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Tesla Model 3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-20636 Buffer overflow in Tesla Model 3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-20635 Use after free in Tesla Model 3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2025-01820 Integer overflow in Tesla Model 3 CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-10816 Certain Tesla vehicles through 2022-03-26 allow attackers to open the charging port via a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2

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Sources

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