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TI-2025-06163 Aliases CVE-2025-6785GHSA-wqqj-jmr5-3p39

Tesla Model 3 Physical CAN Bus Injection

Priority LOW 21CWE-1263Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00221 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Model 3 (Tesla): 2023.44

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TeslaModel 32023.xx to before 2023.442023.44Patch availableCNA
  • Model 3 VendorTesla Affected 2023.xx to before 2023.44 Fixed in 2023.44 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:tesla:model_3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Tesla
  • cpe:2.3:o:tesla:model_3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Tesla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Model 3 (Tesla) Fixed in 2023.44

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6785
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqqj-jmr5-3p39

References

  • TI-2019-07342 The renderer process in the entertainment system on Tesla Model 3 vehicles mishandles JIT… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-07616 Tesla Wall Connector Content-Length Header Improper Input Validation Remote Code… 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-2020-07441 Tesla SolarCity Solar Monitoring Gateway through 5.46.43 has a "Use of Hard-coded… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-24395 Tesla Telematics Control Unit (TCU) < v2025.14 Authentication Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2024-05590 OS command injection in Tesla Model S CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
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