CVE-2026-16437 Auth bypass in AnalytiX
An authenticated local administrator can bypass authentication by tampering with a management file, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16437?
CVE-2026-16437 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX, published on 15 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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 an authenticated local user with administrative privileges to unlock the system by tampering with the management file that stores the challenge response. Administrators are able to read and write the management file. But the management file is protected by Windows. 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.
Weakness: CWE-640
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16437?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16437?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16437 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-2026-16437 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16437 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vh38-j5rp-7qr6.