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Critical · 10.0 Public exploit CVE-2023-4699 EUVD-2023-54547GHSA-q8jx-8wr3-gv52

Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric proprietary protocol communication of multiple FA products

Published Nov 6, 2023 · Updated Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by Mitsubishi

Vendor: Mitsubishi Electric Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ESS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ESS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/UA1 Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MS/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ESS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ESS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/UA1 Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MS/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ESS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MR/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MR/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/DS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/DSS Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ES Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ES-A Product: MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ESS Category: ICS / OT

Description

Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC-F Series CPU modules, MELSEC iQ-F Series, MELSEC iQ-R series CPU modules, MELSEC iQ-R series, MELSEC iQ-L series, MELSEC Q series, MELSEC-L series, Mitsubishi Electric CNC M800V/M80V series, Mitsubishi Electric CNC M800/M80/E80 series and Mitsubishi Electric CNC M700V/M70V/E70 series allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands by sending specific packets to the affected products. This could lead to disclose or tamper with information by reading or writing control programs, or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the products by resetting the memory contents of the products to factory settings or resetting the products remotely.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/UA1 all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/UA1 all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MS/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MS/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-16MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-32MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-48MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-64MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-80MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3U-128MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MT/D all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-32MT/D all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-64MT/D all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-96MT/D all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-32MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-64MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-96MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MR/D-T all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MR/DS-T all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-32MT-LT all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-32MT-LT-2 all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MT/D-P4 all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3UC-16MT/DSS-P4 all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MT/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MR/ES all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MT/ESS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MT/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MR/DS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MT/DSS all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MT/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-14MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-24MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-40MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3G-60MR/ES-A all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3GC-32MT/D all versions —
Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC-F Series FX3GC-32MT/DSS all versions —

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