CVE-2026-16438 — An arbitrary operation vulnerability in GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, and MC Works64
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric 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, MC Works64 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions 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, and MobileHMI 10.97.3 and prior allows an attacker who can log in using the same administrator account for the affected products to launch and operate DCOM objects locally or remotely. During installation, the installers of the affected products unnecessarily grant default DCOM permissions to the administrator account of the affected products. Users with that administrator accounts can locally or remotely launch and operate DCOM objects that should require UAC elevation. 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.
Who exploits it and how urgent it is
A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.
How the score was calculated
- Technical severity (critical)+10
The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.
CISA SSVC assessment CISA
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Remediation
Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.
No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.
- Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historian…).
- No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | AnalytiX | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | GENESIS64 | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | Hyper Historian | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | ICONICS Suite | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MC Works64 | version all versions | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MobileHMI | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions | AnalytiX | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions | GENESIS64 | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions | Hyper Historian | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions | ICONICS Suite | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
| Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions | MobileHMI | version versions 10.97.3 and prior | Vulnerable | CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | CVSS 4.0 | Critical | — | — | Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp via NIST National Vulnerability Database |
| 9.4 | CVSS 4.0 | Critical | — | — | Mitsubishi via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP |
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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 (score shown at the top: Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp) Weakness MITRE
Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first.
- 2026
- SSVC assessment updated
- Affected products added · mitsubishi electric corporation/genesis64, mitsubishi electric iconics digital solutions/genesis64, mitsubishi electric
- Record published
- CVSS changed · 9.4
- Source status changed · → Received
- Record created in this database
- CVE published
Source activity
Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.
- 1× References added · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
- 1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026
References
2 on the record
Elsewhere on this site
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Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No FIRST EPSS score.
- No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record
Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-16438 is "An arbitrary operation vulnerability in GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, and MC Works64", rated Critical. It affects AnalytiX (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 9.4 describes technical severity. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.
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