CVE-2026-49316 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM CAN bus-off attack silently bypasses anti-theft shutdown
An adjacent attacker can bypass the motorcycle's anti-theft shutdown by forcing the Wireless Control Module into a CAN bus-off state, allowing unauthorized operation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-49316?
CVE-2026-49316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech, published on 29 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-49316?
How do I fix CVE-2026-49316?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-49316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-49316 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-49316 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpm6-xp6j-7w29.