CVE-2026-73174 PUBLISHED

Assigner: Nozomi
Reserved: 11.08.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Adjacent	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Advantech
Product	EKI-1242IEIMS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.06.01 (incl.)

Vendor	Advantech
Product	EKI-1242EIMS
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.06.01 (incl.)

Credits

Simone Bossi at Nozomi Networks finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information CWE

Impacts

CAPEC-118 Collect Data from Common Resource Locations