CVE-2026-73172: Advantech Eki-1242eims

Critical severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.