ESA SPACE-SHIELD
T2053.002
enhancement

Avionics Bus Flooding

Parent: T2053

Description

This technique involves overwhelming the avionics bus by injecting an excessive volume of messages, leading to the saturation or exhaustion of communication resources. An attacker can achieve this by gaining control over an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) or microcontroller with access to the bus (e.g., on the CAN bus). This access may be obtained through exploitation of system vulnerabilities or by physically connecting a compromised device to the bus. By flooding the bus with high-priority messages, the attacker can suppress lower-priority communications, causing delays, denial of service, or complete failure of mission-critical operations.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

No techniques mapped to this control.

Cite as SafeMode Space, space-shield T2053.002.

Built 2026-07-25 from 216 techniques, 334 regulation articles, 125 ENISA controls, 2,610 framework controls, and 90 countermeasures.