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CVE-2026-16436

Critical9.2

An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViztitle from the CVE record

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.

CVSS
9.2v4.0
EPSS (exploit probability)
0.3%25th pct
CISA KEV
Not listed

EPSS trendFIRST daily scores, last 90 days

FIRST EPSS held steady from 0.3% on 2026-10-15 to 0.3% on 2026-10-27, ranging 0.3%–0.3% across 13 daily scores.
2026-10-15 → 2026-10-27 · 13 days · 0.3%–0.3%
Daily values
FIRST EPSS daily scores for this CVE
Score dateEPSSPercentile
2026-10-270.3%25.1%
2026-10-260.3%25.0%
2026-10-250.3%25.0%
2026-10-240.3%20.7%
2026-10-230.3%20.6%
2026-10-220.3%20.6%
2026-10-210.3%20.5%
2026-10-200.3%20.4%
2026-10-190.3%20.4%
2026-10-180.3%20.3%
2026-10-170.3%20.3%
2026-10-160.3%20.3%
2026-10-150.3%21.5%

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

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References

Facts sourced from NVD, FIRST EPSS, and CISA KEV. Last synced 2026-10-27 17:23 UTC.

  • CVSS & description: NVD 2.0, fetched 2026-10-27 16:23 UTC
  • EPSS: FIRST EPSS, fetched 2026-10-27 17:23 UTC; score date 2026-10-27
  • KEV: CISA KEV, fetched 2026-10-27 17:23 UTC