Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6029

Race Condition in Tesla Model S Firmware ≤ 2024.2.3

Race Condition
Published
30 April 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3 5.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0021 11th percentile
Risk Priority 39 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-6029 is a medium-severity Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition (CWE-367) vulnerability in Tesla Model S Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception (T1034); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-25 (Reference Monitor) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Tesla Model S Iris Modem Race Condition Firewall Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass the firewall on the Iris modem in affected Tesla Model S vehicles. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw…

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exists within the firewall service. The issue results from a failure to obtain the xtables lock. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass firewall rules. Was ZDI-CAN-23197.

CWE(s)
CWE-367

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1034 Path Interception Persistence
**This technique has been deprecated.
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T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
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T1574 Hijack Execution Flow Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking the way operating systems run programs.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-32156Same vendor: Tesla
CVE-2024-13943Same product: Tesla Model S
CVE-2024-6032Same product: Tesla Model S
CVE-2024-6031Same product: Tesla Model S
CVE-2024-6030Same product: Tesla Model S
CVE-2026-47746Shared CWE-367
CVE-2026-71539Shared CWE-367
CVE-2026-52885Shared CWE-367
CVE-2026-65598Shared CWE-367
CVE-2024-35265Shared CWE-367

Affected Assets

tesla
model s firmware
≤ 2024.2.3

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2
  • V17.2.6

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-25 Reference Monitor good match

A reference monitor that is always invoked and analyzable structurally eliminates the non-atomic check-then-use pattern underlying TOCTOU.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Access enforcement that performs an atomic check-and-use decision directly stops the window in which a TOCTOU race can be exploited.

SC-39 Process Isolation partial match

Process isolation limits the blast radius of a successful TOCTOU exploitation but does not remove the race itself.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards and reviews that prevent TOCTOU race conditions.

References