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CVE-2026-13162
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-27 · updated 2026-10-27
- Weakness: CWE-78
Description
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.
Affected products
- Hitachi Energy CoreTec 4: from 3.0.0 through 3.4.0
- Hitachi Energy CoreTec 5: from 3.0.0 through 5.0.0
References
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