Affects widely deployed OT/ICS HMI/Historian suite (ICONICS/GENESIS64) with high CVSS and potential to disrupt industrial operations.
CVE-2026-16438
DCOM privilege-assignment flaw in ICONICS/GENESIS64 allows elevated DCOM operations
Is CVE-2026-16438 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-16438 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2026-16438?
CVE-2026-16438 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-16438?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-16438. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-16438 affect?
CVE-2026-16438 affects GENESIS64 <= 10.97.3, ICONICS Suite <= 10.97.3, Hyper Historian <= 10.97.3, AnalytiX <= 10.97.3, and 2 further products or versions. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-16438?
Apply vendor updates now; restrict product admin accounts and DCOM permissions
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
With a product admin login, attacker can launch/operate DCOM remotely, bypass UAC, enabling data disclosure, tampering, deletion, or DoS.
Immediate action required
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedall versions
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
- affectedversions 10.97.3 and prior
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.