KIA-branded Aftermarket Generic Smart Keyless Entry System Replay Attack
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-294Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-294.
Summary
Use of fixed learning codes, one code to lock the car and the other code to unlock it, the Key Fob Transmitter in KIA-branded Aftermarket Generic Smart Keyless Entry System, primarily distributed in Ecuador, which allows a replay attack. Manufacture is unknown at the time of release. CVE Record will be updated once this is clarified.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00684 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6029
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7x5-rcgh-q498
References
More KIA vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-06841 Kia Motors Head Unit with Software version: SOP.003.30.18.0703, SOP.005.7.181019, and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-17487 The Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) receiving unit on certain Nissan, Kia, and Hyundai… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-6029 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6029 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7x5-rcgh-q498 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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