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🛡️ CVE-2022-37709 — model-3-firmware

🟡 CVSS 5.3 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-290 NVD
5.3
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-37709 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

CVE-2022-37709 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • model-3-firmware
  • tesla

Timeline and source

Published on 16 September 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

fmsh-seclab.github.io
github.com
youtu.be
fmsh-seclab.github.io
github.com
youtu.be

Other advisories for this package

model-3-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-290
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-09-16
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
model-3-firmware — —
tesla — —

References

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://fmsh-seclab.github.io/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://youtu.be/cPhYW5FzA9A
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://fmsh-seclab.github.io/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://youtu.be/cPhYW5FzA9A

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