CVE-2026-13162 PUBLISHED

Assigner: Hitachi Energy
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 27.10.2026 Updated: 27.10.2026

An OS command vulnerability exists in CoreTec product that allows authenticated users with certain roles to execute arbitrary system commands with full control over the device. The vulnerability exists in the configuration daemon's time synchronization handler, which is responsible for setting the system time-zone. When processing time-zone configuration updates, the daemon constructs a shell command by concatenating user-supplied input without any sanitization or validation.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor Hitachi Energy
Product CoreTec 5
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 5.0.0 (incl.)
Vendor Hitachi Energy
Product CoreTec 4
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.0.0 to 3.4.0 (incl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-78 Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-253 Remote Code Inclusion