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Bendix EC80 Brake ECU

August 25, 2026·Source: CISA
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TL;DR

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause the loss of ABS functions, steering assist, speedometer, shifting capabilities, or disable automatic traction control. The following versions of Bendix EC80 Brake ECU are affected: EC80ESP+ J1708 Z228999 EC80ESP+ 6S/6M Z228999 EC80ESP+ PLC Z228999  EC80ESP+ 2nd CAN Z228999 EC80ESP+ Integrated TPMS Z228999 EC80ESP 6S/6M Z266494  EC80ESP PLC Z266494  EC80ESP 2nd CAN Z266494 EC80ESP CAN Gateway Z266494  EC80ESP 4S/4M Z286098  EC80ESP PLC Z286098  CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities

v3 7.5 Bendix Bendix EC80 Brake ECU Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Write, Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Transportation Systems Countries/Areas Deployed: United States, Canada Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-67560 The affected product is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow an attacker to crash the ECU. A crafted payload can then be used to remotely execute arbitrary code or inject arbitrary CAN bus traffic. This could cause the loss of the ABS function, steering assist, speedometer, and shifting. View CVE Details Affected Products Bendix EC80 Brake ECU Vendor: Bendix Product Version: Bendix EC80ESP+ J1708: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ 6S/6M: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ PLC: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ 2nd CAN: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ Integrated TPMS: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP 6S/6M: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP PLC: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP 2nd CAN: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP CAN Gateway: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP 4S/4M: Z286098, Bendix EC80ESP PLC: Z286098 Product Status: known_affected Remediations Mitigation Bendix recommends users update their firmware to the most recent firmware version releases. Users that need more help should contact Bendix directly at info@Bendix.com. mailto:info@Bendix.com Vendor fix EC80ESP+ J1708: Z228999 users should update their firmware to versi

What Happened

Bendix EC80 Brake ECU, reported by CISA.

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause the loss of ABS functions, steering assist, speedometer, shifting capabilities, or disable automatic traction control. The following versions of Bendix EC80 Brake ECU are affected: EC80ESP+ J1708 Z228999 EC80ESP+ 6S/6M Z228999 EC80ESP+ PLC Z228999  EC80ESP+ 2nd CAN Z228999 EC80ESP+ Integrated TPMS Z228999 EC80ESP 6S/6M Z266494  EC80ESP PLC Z266494  EC80ESP 2nd CAN Z266494 EC80ESP CAN Gateway Z266494  EC80ESP 4S/4M Z286098  EC80ESP PLC Z286098  CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities

v3 7.5 Bendix Bendix EC80 Brake ECU Stack-based Buffer Overflow, Out-of-bounds Write, Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Transportation Systems Countries/Areas Deployed: United States, Canada Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-67560 The affected product is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow an attacker to crash the ECU. A crafted payload can then be used to remotely execute arbitrary code or inject arbitrary CAN bus traffic. This could cause the loss of the ABS function, steering assist, speedometer, and shifting. View CVE Details Affected Products Bendix EC80 Brake ECU Vendor: Bendix Product Version: Bendix EC80ESP+ J1708: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ 6S/6M: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ PLC: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ 2nd CAN: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP+ Integrated TPMS: Z228999, Bendix EC80ESP 6S/6M: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP PLC: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP 2nd CAN: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP CAN Gateway: Z266494, Bendix EC80ESP 4S/4M: Z286098, Bendix EC80ESP PLC: Z286098 Product Status: known_affected Remediations Mitigation Bendix recommends users update their firmware to the most recent firmware version releases. Users that need more help should contact Bendix directly at info@Bendix.com. mailto:info@Bendix.com Vendor fix EC80ESP+ J1708: Z228999 users should update their firmware to versi

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