CVE-2020-29439
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the...
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a body control module (BCM) to initiate a Bluetooth wake-up action. (The full VIN is visible from outside the vehicle.)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.6
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a body control module (BCM) to initiate a Bluetooth wake-up action. (The full VIN is visible from outside the vehicle.)
- Record
CVE-2020-29439- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a body control module (BCM) to initiate a Bluetooth wake-up action. (The full VIN is visible from outside the vehicle.)
- Record
CVE-2020-29439- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21812 No score
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a body control module (BCM) to initiate a Bluetooth wake-up action. (The full VIN is visible from outside the vehicle.)
- Record
EUVD-2020-21812- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mr5-9ph2-p38v No score
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the...
Tesla Model X vehicles before 2020-11-23 have key fobs that rely on five VIN digits for the authentication needed for a body control module (BCM) to initiate a Bluetooth wake-up action. (The full VIN is visible from outside the vehicle.)
- Record
GHSA-6mr5-9ph2-p38v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-29439 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Tesla Model X Firmware, published November 30, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.