CVE-2026-16437: An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-15 · updated 2026-10-16
Weakness: CWE-640

Description

Weak 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.

Affected products

Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions AnalytiX: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions BizViz: all versions
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS: through versions 11.03
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS32: all versions
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historian: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suite: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions IoTWorX: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions MobileHMI: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation BizViz: all versions
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS: through versions 11.03
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS32: all versions
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historian: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ICONICS Suite: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation IoTWorX: through versions 10.97.3
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MC Works64: all versions
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MobileHMI: through versions 10.97.3

References

https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2026-006_en.pdf

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