Tesla
CVE-2022-37709
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Anti-spoofing controls
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: adjacent network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Tesla Model 3 V11.0(2022.4.5.1 6b701552d7a6) Tesla mobile app v4.23 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by spoofing. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-290. Tesla Model 3 V11.0(2022.4.5.1 6b701552d7a6) Tesla mobile app v4.23 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by spoofing. Tesla Model 3's Phone Key authentication is vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks in the BLE channel. It allows attackers to open a door and drive the car away by leveraging access to a legitimate Phone Key. Affected products include: Tesla Model 3 Firmware, Tesla.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Tesla Model 3 V11.0(2022.4.5.1 6b701552d7a6) Tesla mobile app v4.23 is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass by spoofing. Tesla Model 3's Phone Key authentication is vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle attacks in the BLE channel. It allows attackers to open a door and drive the car away by leveraging access to a legitimate Phone Key.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Credential leakage in elixir-tesla (Tesla HTTP client for Elixir) versions 1.4.0 through 1.18.2 allows Authorization and
Denial of service in the Elixir Tesla HTTP client (versions 1.3.0 through 1.18.2) when using the Tesla.Adapter.Mint adap
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that accept firmware updates without signature verification. Rate
Tesla Model 3 vehicles allow attackers to open a door by leveraging access to a legitimate key card, and then using NFC
The driving interface of Tesla Model 3 vehicles in any release before 2020.4.10 allows Denial of Service to occur due to
Local privilege escalation and code execution in the NVIDIA Display Driver for Linux (GeForce, RTX/Quadro/NVS, Tesla, an
The renderer process in the entertainment system on Tesla Model 3 vehicles mishandles JIT compilation, which allows atta
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 do not perform certificate validation during an attempt to pair a new key fob w
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a
Certain Tesla vehicles through 2022-03-26 allow attackers to open the charging port via a 315 MHz RF signal containing a
An out-of-bounds read in the kernel-mode layer of NVIDIA GPU Display Driver on Windows and Linux allows a local, authent
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