8.6

CVE-2026-73170: advantech eki-1242eims Code Injection

CVSS: 8.6v4.0HighAwaiting analysis
Published 16-09-2026Last modified 17-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-73170 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Code Injection vulnerability in advantech eki-1242eims. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in the Modbus CSV import workflow of Advantech EKI-1242EIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Lua code on the device via a crafted imported file.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.51% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Advantech2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links