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Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-73172

Advantech EKI-1242EIMSAdvantech EKI-1242IEIMS
CVSS 4.0
9.3Critical

Official description

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the edgserver management service of Advantech EKI-1242EIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands as root via crafted requests to TCP port 5058.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.3Critical 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Nozomi) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Advantech EKI-1242EIMS v ≤ 1.06.01 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Advantech EKI-1242IEIMS v ≤ 1.06.01 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

2
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Details

Published
2026-09-16
Last updated
2026-09-17
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Nozomi

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.19%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
82.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-78
    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')