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CVE-2026-16436

Status: Awaiting AnalysisCritical (9.2)—
Severity9.2Critical · CVSS 4.0
Exploitation probability0.29 %higher than 20% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

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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.

CVSS

Base score
9.2
Version
4.0
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.29 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
20
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N: explotación remota sin autenticación ni interacción (T1190). El texto cita desbloqueo con respuesta fija, alteración/borrado de datos y DoS, sin ejecución de comandos.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Network SegmentationFilter Network TrafficVulnerability ScanningRestrict File and Directory PermissionsPrivileged Account ManagementRemote Data Storage

Affected technologies (10)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Iconics — AnalytixAIIconics — BizvizAIIconics — Hyper HistorianAIIconics — Iconics SuiteAIIconics — IotworxAIIconics — MobilehmiAIMitsubishielectric — GenesisAIMitsubishielectric — Genesis32AIMitsubishielectric — Genesis64AIMitsubishielectric — MC Works64AI

CWEs

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