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title: "CVE-2026-13162: CoreTec - Command Injection"
description: "CoreTec product contains a command injection caused by unsanitized user input in the configuration daemon's time synchronization handler, letting authenticated users with certain roles execute arbitrary system commands."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-13162/
---

# CVE-2026-13162 CoreTec - Command Injection

CoreTec product contains a command injection caused by unsanitized user input in the configuration daemon's time synchronization handler, letting authenticated users with certain roles execute arbitrary system commands.

CVSS base score 7.7 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.18% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13162)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Published

27 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with input sanitization and validation fixes.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13162](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13162)
- [https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000258&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch](https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentID=8DBD000258&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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