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CVE-2025-14816 Unknown Vendor CVE debrief

CVE-2025-14816 is a high-severity credential exposure issue in the Hyper Historian Splitter feature of affected Mitsubishi Electric / ICONICS products. When SQL authentication is used for SQL Server authentication, the SQL Server credentials are displayed in plain text in the GUI. The advisory maps this to CWE-317 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI) and states the issue may lead to information disclosure, tampering, or denial of service. The supplied CVSS 3.1 vector scores the issue 8.8 (HIGH) with local, low-privilege, no-user-interaction conditions.

Vendor
Unknown Vendor
Product
Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 <=10.97.3 ICONICS Suite MobileHMI Hyper Historian AnalytiX MC Works 64 vers:all/* GENESIS <=11.02 Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions
CVSS
HIGH 8.8
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-04-07
Original CVE updated
2026-04-07
Advisory published
2026-04-07
Advisory updated
2026-04-07

Who should care

Administrators and operators running GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, MobileHMI, Hyper Historian, AnalytiX, MC Works64, or GENESIS deployments should review this immediately, especially where Hyper Historian Splitter is used and SQL authentication is configured. OT/ICS teams should also care because the source advisory is an industrial-control-systems publication and the impact includes credential disclosure in a production GUI.

Technical summary

The affected feature displays SQL Server credentials in cleartext within the GUI when SQL authentication is selected. This creates a direct sensitive-information exposure risk for anyone with access to the interface or the host environment. The advisory provides fixed versions for most products: 10.98 or later for GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, MobileHMI, Hyper Historian, and AnalytiX; 11.03 or later for GENESIS. For MC Works64, the advisory states that no fixed version is planned and recommends mitigations. The source also includes SSVCv2 guidance indicating no known exploitation and total technical impact.

Defensive priority

High. This is a straightforward but high-impact credential disclosure flaw in an ICS-adjacent product line. Prioritize patching or compensating controls now, especially on systems where SQL authentication is in use or where the Hyper Historian Splitter GUI is accessible to non-administrators.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Upgrade affected products to the vendor-fixed release: 10.98 or later for GENESIS64, ICONICS Suite, MobileHMI, Hyper Historian, and AnalytiX; 11.03 or later for GENESIS.
  • For MC Works64, follow the vendor advisory because no fixed version is planned.
  • If you cannot update immediately, switch from SQL authentication to Windows authentication for the SQL Server connection.
  • Restrict HHSplitter.exe so only trusted administrators can execute it, and remove it if it is not needed.
  • Limit login to administrator accounts on affected PCs, keep them on trusted LAN segments, and block remote login from untrusted networks and non-administrator users.
  • Use firewall/VPN controls to block unauthorized access, restrict physical access to the host and connected network, and avoid exposing the system unnecessarily.
  • Reinforce basic user-safety controls around untrusted email links and attachments for systems that may be used to reach the affected environment.

Evidence notes

Source evidence comes from the supplied CISA CSAF advisory ICSA-26-097-01 and the referenced Mitsubishi Electric / Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions advisories. The advisory text explicitly states that SQL Server credentials are shown in plain text in the Hyper Historian Splitter GUI when SQL authentication is used, identifies CWE-317, and lists fixed versions plus mitigations. The supplied metadata shows the advisory was published on 2026-04-07 and republished by CISA the same day; no KEV entry is present in the supplied corpus.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2025-14816 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14816

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2025-14816 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14816

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2026/icsa-26-097-01.json

    cisa_csaf

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2025-029_en.pdf

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2025-021_en.pdf

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-097-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-alerts/ics-alert-10-301-01

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems

    Reference

  • Source reference

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf

    Reference

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.