CVE-2026-49323

Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM-to-ECM weak authentication

Published May 29, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 4.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Weak authentication between the Wireless Control Module (WCM) and the Engine Control Module (ECM) of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker with read access to the in-vehicle network to recover the per-vehicle ECM immobilizer secret by passively observing a single seed/key exchange. The WCM derives its response using a reversible, non-cryptographic operation rather than a cryptographic challenge-response, so the persistent immobilizer secret can be reconstructed from one captured exchange. With this secret the attacker can authenticate to the ECM independently of the WCM and start the engine, defeating the immobilizer. Specific protocol details have been withheld pending vendor remediation.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Replace the non-cryptographic authentication response with HMAC-SHA-256 or ECDSA over a fresh nonce, ECU identifier, and session counter; provision per-vehicle symmetric keys in tamper-resistant secure elements on both authenticating modules.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle scout Bobber + Tech
Vendors & Products Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle scout Bobber + Tech
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Description Weak authentication between the Wireless Control Module (WCM) and the Engine Control Module (ECM) of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker with read access to the in-vehicle network to recover the per-vehicle ECM immobilizer secret by passively observing a single seed/key exchange. The WCM derives its response using a reversible, non-cryptographic operation rather than a cryptographic challenge-response, so the persistent immobilizer secret can be reconstructed from one captured exchange. With this secret the attacker can authenticate to the ECM independently of the WCM and start the engine, defeating the immobilizer. Specific protocol details have been withheld pending vendor remediation.
Title Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM-to-ECM weak authentication
Weaknesses CWE-1390
CWE-327
CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ASRG
Published
Updated
Jun 27, 2026, 8:46 AM
Reserved
May 29, 2026, 7:26 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 29, 2026, 1:16 PM
Modified
Jul 21, 2026, 12:10 PM