Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM-to-ECM weak authentication
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-327 and CWE-798.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Motorcycle | Scout Bobber + Tech | 2025 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Scout Bobber + Tech VendorIndian Motorcycle Affected 2025 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-49323
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f65x-w4fq-xj28
References
More Indian Motorcycle vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-36508 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM voltage-based shutdown CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.1
- TI-2026-36507 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM brute-force CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.1
- TI-2026-36505 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 Infotainment-to-WCM weak authentication allows recovery of user PIN from observed exchange CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.1
- TI-2026-36501 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 WCM CAN bus-off attack silently bypasses anti-theft shutdown CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.1
- TI-2026-36503 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 Infotainment Digital Round skips PIN entry when WCM is silent at boot CVSS 4.0LOW 1.0
- TI-2026-36502 Indian Scout Bobber 2025 Infotainment Digital Round skips PIN entry when WCM is silent at boot CVSS 4.0LOW 1.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-49323 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-49323 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f65x-w4fq-xj28 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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