CVE-2026-73166: Advantech Eki-1242eims

High severity, CVSS 8.6. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in the web management interface of Advantech EKI-1242IEIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device, including OS commands as root.

Affected products

• Advantech Eki-1242eims: up to and including 1.06.01
• Advantech Eki-1242ieims: up to and including 1.06.01

Published 2026-09-16. Last modified 2026-09-23.