# CVE-2022-40269: Auth bypass in GOT2000 Series GT25 model

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication and disclose sensitive information or spoof users via HTML attribute abuse in Mitsubishi GOT2000 HMIs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vh5r-q6cj-w4q5

## What is CVE-2022-40269?

CVE-2022-40269 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model, published on 2 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.14.000 to 01.47.000, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model versions 01.14.000 to 01.47.000 and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GT SoftGOT2000 versions 1.265B to 1.285X allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information from users' browsers or spoof legitimate users by abusing inappropriate HTML attributes.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40269?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Mitsubishielectric Gt25 Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Gt27 Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Gt Softgot2000.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-40269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-40269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model

- [CVE-2022-40268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40268/): Other in GOT2000 Series GT25 model (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-40269 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-40269 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model, published on 2 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40269/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40269/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40269
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40269
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40269

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40269/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.