CVE-2020-16226 Mitsubishi Electric Multiple Products

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can impersonate legitimate devices to remotely execute arbitrary commands on Mitsubishi Electric industrial control products.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-16226?

CVE-2020-16226 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Conveyor Tracking Application, published on 5 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple Mitsubishi Electric products are vulnerable to impersonations of a legitimate device by a malicious actor, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary commands.

Weakness: CWE-342

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16226?

It affects 95 products.

Products include Mitsubishielectric Conveyor Tracking Application Apr-Ntr12fh, Mitsubishielectric Conveyor Tracking Application Apr-Ntr20fh\(n\=1\,2\), Mitsubishielectric Conveyor Tracking Application Apr-Ntr3fh, Mitsubishielectric Conveyor Tracking Application Apr-Ntr6fh, Mitsubishielectric Fr-A820-E Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fr-A840-E Firmware and 89 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16226?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2020-16226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4548-gq2g-hw87.

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