Unauthorized charging-state transitions via nonterminating sequence errors
Published Jan 26, 2026 · Updated Jan 26, 2026
Authentication bypass in EVerest Core 2025.12.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to enter unauthorized ISO 15118-2 states. The iso_validate_response_code path logs a failed iso_validate_state sequence check but keeps the connection open when terminate_connection_on_failed_response is false, so forbidden messages update the session context. Exploitation requires an adjacent ISO 15118-2 connection; it can prepare charging and current delivery, but the contactors remain open and no current reaches the vehicle.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in EVerest Core 2025.12.1 and earlier allows physically proximate attackers to enter unauthorized ISO 15118-2 states. The iso_validate_response_code path logs a failed iso_validate_state sequence check but keeps the connection open when terminate_connection_on_failed_response is false, so forbidden messages update the session context. Exploitation requires an adjacent ISO 15118-2 connection; it can prepare charging and current delivery, but the contactors remain open and no current reaches the vehicle.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24003
- Published
- Jan 26, 2026
- Updated
- Jan 26, 2026
- Vendor
- EVerest
- Product
- EVerest Core
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CWE-287, T0855
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 26, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 2025.12.1
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