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TI-2020-17380 Aliases CVE-2020-28656GHSA-22g2-gpw7-9pqh

The update functionality of the Discover Media infotainment system in Volkswagen Polo…

Priority LOW 30CWE-354Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

The update functionality of the Discover Media infotainment system in Volkswagen Polo 2019 vehicles allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code because some unsigned parts of a metainfo file are parsed, which can cause attacker-controlled files to be written to the infotainment system and executed as root.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00348 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:vw:polo_firmware:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2019VulnerableVw
cpe:2.3:h:vw:polo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onVw
  • cpe:2.3:o:vw:polo_firmware:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2019 Vulnerable ·Vw
  • cpe:2.3:h:vw:polo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Vw

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28656
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-22g2-gpw7-9pqh

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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