# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vh38-j5rp-7qr6

## 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 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-16437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-16437 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation AnalytiX. 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-2026-16437/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16437/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16437
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16437
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-16437

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-16437/
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