{"id":"CVE-2026-16436","title":"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…","summary":"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…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.2,"cvssVector":"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","cwe":["CWE-640"],"vendor":"Mitsubishi Electric Corporation","product":"GENESIS","affected":["GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior","GENESIS versions 11.03 and prior","GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior","GENESIS64 versions 10.97.3 and prior","iconics_suite versions 10.97.3 and prior","iconics_suite versions 10.97.3 and prior","hyper_historian versions 10.97.3 and prior","hyper_historian versions 10.97.3 and prior","AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior","AnalytiX versions 10.97.3 and prior","MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior","MobileHMI versions 10.97.3 and prior","IoTWorX versions 10.97.3 and prior","IoTWorX versions 10.97.3 and prior","mc_works64 all versions","GENESIS32 all versions","GENESIS32 all versions","BizViz all versions","BizViz all versions"],"published":"2026-10-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T09:17:16.717","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16436","references":[{"url":"https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU#93251594/","label":"Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp"},{"url":"https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2026-006_en.pdf","label":"Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"cvssSource":"cna","ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T08:58:33.095Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16436","body":"## Overview\n\nWeak 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":50.6,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}