Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-16436

CVE-2026-16436

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

Description · from the CVE record

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 a remote attacker to unlock the system by obtaining the challenge response by some means. The challenge response used to unlock the system is common to all users and fixed. 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

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
GENESISversions 11.03 and prior–CNA
GENESISversions 11.03 and prior–CNA
GENESIS64versions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
GENESIS64versions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
ICONICS Suiteversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
ICONICS Suiteversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
Hyper Historianversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
Hyper Historianversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
AnalytiXversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
AnalytiXversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
MobileHMIversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA
MobileHMIversions 10.97.3 and prior–CNA

Scores by source

Mitsubishi (CNA)9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

advisorymitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2026-006_en.pdf