CVE-2026-73174: Advantech Eki-1242eims

High severity, CVSS 8.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the edgserver management protocol of Advantech EKI-1242EIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a network-adjacent passive observer to intercept management traffic and recover sensitive device identity and network metadata in cleartext.

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.