CVE-2026-16436

Critical

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 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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.2
Exploit probability—
ProductGENESIS
PublishedOct 15, 2026
First seenOct 15, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-640CWE-640

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESISversions 11.03 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESISversions 11.03 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64versions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64versions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ICONICS Suiteversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suiteversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historianversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historianversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiXversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions AnalytiXversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MobileHMIversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions MobileHMIversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation IoTWorXversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions IoTWorXversions 10.97.3 and prior—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MC Works64No range specified—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS32No range specified—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS32No range specified—
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation BizVizNo range specified—
Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions BizVizNo range specified—

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