CVE-2026-16437 Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS - Broken Authentication

Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32, and BizViz (various versions) contain a weak password recovery mechanism caused by tampering with the management file storing the challenge response, letting authenticated local administrators disclose, tamper, or cause denial of service, exploit requires administrative privileges.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
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Details

Type
Broken Authentication
Impact
Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
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
Published
15 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-640

Vendor fix

Update to the latest available versions with improved password recovery mechanisms.

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

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