An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-16437
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerMitsubishi
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-15 09:17:16 UTC
Updated2026-10-16 06:17:10 UTC
DescriptionWeak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior, GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, MobileHMI 10.97.3 and prior, IoTWorX 10.97.3 and prior, MC Works64 all versions, GENESIS32 all versions, BizViz all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior, GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior, ICONICS Suite versions 10.97.3 and prior, Hyper Historian versions 10.97.3 and prior, AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior, MobileHMI 10.97.3 and prior, IoTWorX 10.97.3 and prior, GENESIS32 all versions, and BizViz all versions allows an authenticated local user with administrative privileges to unlock the system by tampering with the management file that stores the challenge response. Administrators are able to read and write the management file. But the management file is protected by Windows. As a result, the attacker may disclose, tamper with, destroy, or delete internal information, or cause the affected system to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/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

EPSS: 0.000930000 probability, percentile 0.005090000 (date 2026-10-15)

Problem Types: CWE-640 | CWE-640 CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS affected versions 11.03 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS affected versions 11.03 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64 affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64 affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ICONICS Suite affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suite affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historian affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historian affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions AnalytiX affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MobileHMI affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions MobileHMI affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation IoTWorX affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions IoTWorX affected versions 10.97.3 and prior Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MC Works64 affected all versions Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS32 affected all versions Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS32 affected all versions Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation BizViz affected all versions Not specified
CNA Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions BizViz affected all versions Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2026-006_en.pdf [email protected] www.mitsubishielectric.com
jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU MITRE jvn.jp
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