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.
History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Advantech
Advantech eki-1242eims
Advantech eki-1242ieims
Vendors & Products Advantech
Advantech eki-1242eims
Advantech eki-1242ieims

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Weaknesses CWE-319
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Nozomi

Published: 2026-09-16T12:59:58.416Z

Updated: 2026-09-17T18:57:11.067Z

Reserved: 2026-08-11T09:36:40.350Z

Link: CVE-2026-73174

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T18:57:05.935Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-16T13:18:05.880

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:10:00.187

Link: CVE-2026-73174

cve-icon Redhat

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