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

published 2026-05-29 5mo ago modified 2026-07-21 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-33293

cvss: 4.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 5mo ago (2026-05-29)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA	4.0	4.1	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
CNA	4.0	4.1	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech

Classification

Weakness

CWE-440 Expected Behavior Violation
CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

cwe.mitre.org /data/definitions/440.html
technical-description

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-49316
NVD CVE-2026-49316

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