CVE-2026-5667
Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Room Air Conditioners (for Japan and outside Japan); Wireless LAN Adapters for Room Air Conditioners (for Japan and outside Japan); Wireless LAN Adapters for Packaged Air Conditioners…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Room Air Conditioners (for Japan and outside Japan); Wireless LAN Adapters for Room Air Conditioners (for Japan and outside Japan); Wireless LAN Adapters for Packaged Air Conditioners (for Japan and outside Japan); Refrigerators (for Japan); Heat Pump Water Heaters / HEMS-Compatible Adapters / Wireless LAN Adapters (for Japan); Bathroom Dryer / Heater / Ventilation Systems (for Japan); Adapters for Airflow Ventilation Systems, Heat Pump Chilled / Hot Water Systems, and Ventilation / Air-Conditioning System Air Resorts (for Japan); Lossnay Central Ventilation Systems (for Japan); Smart Switches for Ventilation Fans and Lossnay (for Japan); IH Cooking Heaters (for Japan); and Rice Cookers (for Japan) allows an attacker within Wi-Fi radio range of an affected product to access the affected product using a hard-coded SSID and password, thereby obtaining device data such as operation status, room set temperature, and room temperature; changing the air-conditioner or Wi-Fi settings; or causing Wi-Fi communication to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Source
- Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.