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

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-15. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / GENESIS: versions 11.03 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / GENESIS: versions 11.03 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / GENESIS64: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / GENESIS64: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / ICONICS Suite: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / ICONICS Suite: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / Hyper Historian: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / Hyper Historian: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / AnalytiX: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / AnalytiX: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / MobileHMI: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / MobileHMI: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / IoTWorX: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / IoTWorX: versions 10.97.3 and prior (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / MC Works64: all versions (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / GENESIS32: all versions (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / GENESIS32: all versions (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation / BizViz: all versions (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi
- Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions / BizViz: all versions (affected). Source: CNA: Mitsubishi

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 7.1 (high); 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; source: CNA: Mitsubishi

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.09% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 0.52%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-640

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2026-006_en.pdf (CNA: Mitsubishi; vendor-advisory)

- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU93251594 (CNA: Mitsubishi; government-resource)

- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-300-02 (CNA: Mitsubishi; government-resource)

## Provenance

- CNA: Mitsubishi: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16437; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-16437; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: 1d04f3e41d79bf809c4125f89c31d6181e05fd4963534d01214a98095e06f310

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