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CVE-2022-40139: Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-09-15
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Improper validation of some components used by the rollback mechanism in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service clients could allow a Apex One server administrator to instruct affected clients to download an unverified rollback package, which could lead to remote code execution. Please note: an attacker must first obtain Apex One server administration console access in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Trend Micro Apex One: 2019

References

• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
• https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-40139

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