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CVE-2024-11166: Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II has an External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-15
Description
For TCAS II systems using transponders compliant with MOPS earlier than RTCA DO-181F, an attacker can impersonate a ground station and issue a Comm-A Identity Request. This action can set the Sensitivity Level Control (SLC) to the lowest setting and disable the Resolution Advisory (RA), leading to a denial-of-service condition.
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