Vulnerability · CVE-2026-16437

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

Published Oct 15, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 16, 2026 · Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-16437. EPSS is 0.09%. Act only if a listed version of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS is installed.

Gaps on this record

No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Severity: High7.1
Known exploitation: Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS: 0.09%
Remediation: Not established
Affected products: vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS · vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64 · vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historian · vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ICONICS Suite · vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS · vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64

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.

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vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESISversion unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64version unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historianversion unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Corporation ICONICS Suiteversion unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESISversion unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions GENESIS64version unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions Hyper Historianversion unspecified
vendor Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions ICONICS Suiteversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-16437

Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-16437. EPSS is 0.09%. Act only if a listed version of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. EPSS 0.09%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
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
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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
Oct 16, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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

Sources

CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-16437
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
cve.org
FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-16437
30-day exploitation probability 0.1%
first.org
NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-16437
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
nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

Priority score

12/100

Evidence confidence: High

Several independent sources name this vulnerability.

Confirmed exploitation0/30
EPSS probability1/20
CVSS severity11/15
Public exploit0/10
Internet exposure0/10
Product prevalence0/5
Threat research0/5

Decision signals

Four separate signals — do not infer one from another.

High

CVSS severity
7.1 v4.0
Technical impact. Separate from exploitation likelihood.
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:
EPSS probability
0.09% · p0.30%
Estimated probability of exploitation within 30 days (FIRST).
Known exploitation
No verified KEV listing
Evidence from CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV only — not from EPSS alone.
Patch availability
Not established
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.

Weakness

CWE-640
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
MITRE definition

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