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CVE-2026-15688

Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm Vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3 and Motion Control Setting allows a local attacker to successfully authenticate even with an invalid block password by executing the affected product and…

CRITICAL 9.2EPSS 0.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm Vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric GX Works3 and Motion Control Setting allows a local attacker to successfully authenticate even with an invalid block password by executing the affected product and modifying part of the executable module in memory, and thereby may be able to view, tamper with, destroy, or delete control programs.

CVSS 4.0
9.2 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.12% probability · 2th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-303
Source
Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
EPSS trend
0%3%5%19 September 2026: 0.12%19 September 202619 September 2026

EPSS 0.1% since 19 September 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.