Tesla Model 3 Physical CAN Bus Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Securing externally available CAN wires can easily allow physical access to the CAN bus, allowing possible injection of specially formed CAN messages to control remote start functions of the vehicle. Testing completed on Tesla Model 3 vehicles with software version v11.1 (2023.20.9 ee6de92ddac5). This issue affects Model 3: With software versions from 2023.Xx before 2023.44.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Model 3 (Tesla) Fixed in 2023.44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6785
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqqj-jmr5-3p39
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-6785 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6785 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wqqj-jmr5-3p39 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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