CVE-2022-29825

Information disclosure via hard-coded project password

Published Nov 24, 2022 · Updated Nov 7, 2025

Hard-coded passwords in GX Works3, GT Designer3, and MT Works2 allow local users to disclose sensitive project data. The products rely on a fixed embedded password to protect programs, project files, or security keys, but its storage locus is undisclosed. Local host or file access permits unauthorized viewing of programs and project files or execution of programs.

CVSS severity5.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.47%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded passwords in GX Works3, GT Designer3, and MT Works2 allow local users to disclose sensitive project data. The products rely on a fixed embedded password to protect programs, project files, or security keys, but its storage locus is undisclosed. Local host or file access permits unauthorized viewing of programs and project files or execution of programs.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-29825
Published
Nov 24, 2022
Updated
Nov 7, 2025
Vendor
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Product
GX Works3
Classifications
CWE-259, T1552.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=from 1.000A to 1.090U

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · GX Works3version=from 1.000A to 1.090U
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000)version=from 1.122C to 1.290C
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · MT Works2version=from 1.100E to 1.200J

Published CVSS scores

5.6Mitsubishi Electric CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-259Use of Hard-coded Password
T1552.001Credentials In Files

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