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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.

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: Mitsubishi

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
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.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
—
No EPSS score.
Affects
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
AnalytiX and 5 more
CVSS base
9.4
Critical · 2 source(s)

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.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

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.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hyper Historian…).
  2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  3. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
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.

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
X
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
High
Availability (vulnerable system)
High
Confidentiality (subsequent)
High
Integrity (subsequent)
High
Availability (subsequent)
High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored 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.

CWE-266

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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).
web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Affected products added · mitsubishi electric corporation/genesis64, mitsubishi electric iconics digital solutions/genesis64, mitsubishi electric
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 15, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 9.4
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Received
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 15, 2026 · Alertas do Telegram
  • CVE published
    Oct 15, 2026 · Mitsubishi

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

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
every CVE for this vendor
CWE-266
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • Critical CVE-2026-16436 An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz 8h
  • High CVE-2026-16437 An authentication bypass vulnerability in GENESIS, GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MobileHMI, IoTWorX, MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz 8h
  • Critical CVE-2025-14816 Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and ICONICS products: cleartext storage of SQL Server credentials Apr 8, 2026
  • Critical CVE-2025-14815 Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 and ICONICS suite: cleartext storage of SQL Server credentials Apr 8, 2026
  • High CVE-2025-11774 Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability in the Software Keyboard Function of GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, Mobile HMI, and MC Works64 Dec 18, 2025

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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