Researchers demonstrate adversarial attack on Tesla Autopilot lane detection
Tesla Autopilot
Tencent Keen Security Lab discovered that placing crafted stickers on roadways misled Tesla Autopilot into changing lanes improperly. Tesla downplayed the findings, stating the scenario was unrealistic in real-world driving conditions.
- first report
- 29 Mar 2019
- last update
- 29 Mar 2019
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2019-03-29Tesla Autopilot’s Lane Recognition Allegedly Vulnerable to Adversarial AttacksAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/159
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Classification
- lane
- Research
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Adversarial evasion
- severity
- 1 · Research / proof of concept
- targets
- Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 29 Mar 2019 · first reported 29 Mar 2019
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# Researchers demonstrate adversarial attack on Tesla Autopilot lane detection https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/researchers-demonstrate-adversarial-attack-on-tesla-autopilo · AIR-2019-0006 · closed 2019-04-12 - Lane: Research - Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept) - Fix status: Fix status unknown - First reported: 2019-03-29 - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: Tesla Autopilot ## Summary Tencent Keen Security Lab discovered that placing crafted stickers on roadways misled Tesla Autopilot into changing lanes improperly. Tesla downplayed the findings, stating the scenario was unrealistic in real-world driving conditions. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2019-03-29: Tesla Autopilot’s Lane Recognition Allegedly Vulnerable to Adversarial Attacks (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/159) ## Sources - 2019-03-29 AI Incident Database: Tesla Autopilot’s Lane Recognition Allegedly Vulnerable to Adversarial Attacks https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/159 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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