High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026· Updated Sep 23, 2026

CVE-2026-73174

Description

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-1242EIMSllm-fuzzy
Range: V1.06.01

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

advcloudfiles.advantech.com/cms/5dafee28-ad53-4d07-a328-7896fcc24b6e/Security%20Advisory%20PDF%20File/SECURITY-ADVISORY----EKI-1242IEIMS-updated-20260904.pdfnvd
www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2026-73174nvd

News mentions

Advantech EKI Series: 15 Vulnerabilities Including Command Injection Disclosed Together
Vypr Intelligence · Sep 16, 2026

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