Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-1875

Mitsubishielectric Melsec Iq-F Fx5-Eip Firmware ≤ 1.000

Published
03 March 2026
Modified
30 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 8.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0043 35th percentile
Risk Priority 44 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-1875 is a high-severity Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404) vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Melsec Iq-F Fx5-Eip Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 35th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-1875 is an Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability (CWE-404) in the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5-EIP EtherNet/IP Module, affecting versions 1.000 and prior. Published on 2026-03-03, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), highlighting its potential for high-impact availability disruption without requiring authentication or user interaction.

A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by continuously sending UDP packets to the affected products, triggering a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The attack leverages the module's failure to properly handle resource shutdown or release, rendering the device unresponsive until a manual system reset is performed for recovery.

Advisories from JVN (https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU93286687/), CISA (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-62-01), and Mitsubishi Electric (https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2025-021_en.pdf) provide further details on mitigation strategies for this vulnerability.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series FX5-EIP EtherNet/IP Module FX5-EIP versions 1.000 and prior allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the products by continuously sending UDP packets to…

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the products. A system reset of the product is required for recovery.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
T1499.001 OS Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may launch a denial of service (DoS) attack targeting an endpoint's operating system (OS).
T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may target resource intensive features of applications to cause a denial of service (DoS), denying availability to those applications.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

mitsubishielectric
melsec iq-f fx5-eip firmware
≤ 1.000

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect resource releases after code is written.

Engineering principles can require explicit resource acquisition/release patterns that stop improper shutdown from being introduced.

Priority-based resource allocation limits the blast radius when released resources are not returned to the pool.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards for correct resource allocation and release.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring can detect resource exhaustion caused by improper shutdown or release.

ID.AM-08 partial match
prevents

Lifecycle management of assets can encompass proper resource release at end-of-life or shutdown.

PR.IR-04 partial match
prevents

Capacity management helps surface leaks from unreleased resources but does not prevent the coding flaw.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Including restart, recovery and media-handling instructions reduces the likelihood that resources or sensitive data will be left in an exposed or improperly released state after a failure.

References