CVE-2026-49316

Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM CAN bus-off attack silently bypasses anti-theft shutdown

Published May 29, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 4.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Expected behavior violation in the in-vehicle network of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the motorcycle's anti-theft shutdown by forcing the Wireless Control Module (WCM) into the CAN bus-off state. Using a well-known CAN error-frame injection technique against a periodic WCM transmission, the attacker drives the WCM CAN controller's transmit error counter past the bus-off threshold, after which the WCM stops transmitting all messages, including the shutdown command. Peer ECUs do not interpret WCM silence as a security event and continue normal operation, allowing the motorcycle to be operated despite the immobilizer never having been unlocked. Specific protocol details have been withheld pending vendor remediation.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Treat absence of the WCM heartbeat as a security event in peer ECUs — command shutdown if the WCM's periodic message is missing beyond a bounded interval. Authenticate the heartbeat with AUTOSAR SecOC or equivalent to prevent post-silence spoofing. Auto-recover the WCM from bus-off and log the event.

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle scout Bobber + Tech
Vendors & Products Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle scout Bobber + Tech
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Description Expected behavior violation in the in-vehicle network of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the motorcycle's anti-theft shutdown by forcing the Wireless Control Module (WCM) into the CAN bus-off state. Using a well-known CAN error-frame injection technique against a periodic WCM transmission, the attacker drives the WCM CAN controller's transmit error counter past the bus-off threshold, after which the WCM stops transmitting all messages, including the shutdown command. Peer ECUs do not interpret WCM silence as a security event and continue normal operation, allowing the motorcycle to be operated despite the immobilizer never having been unlocked. Specific protocol details have been withheld pending vendor remediation.
Title Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM CAN bus-off attack silently bypasses anti-theft shutdown
Weaknesses CWE-440
CWE-693
CWE-754
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ASRG
Published
Updated
Jun 27, 2026, 8:47 AM
Reserved
May 29, 2026, 7:26 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 29, 2026, 2:16 PM
Modified
Jul 21, 2026, 12:10 PM