Affected Version(s)

Solution

Trend Micro has released the following solutions to address the issue:

These are the minimum recommended version(s) of the patches and/or builds required to address the issue. Trend Micro highly encourages customers to obtain the latest version of the product if there is a newer one available than the one listed in this bulletin.

Customers are encouraged to visit Trend Micro’s Download Center to obtain prerequisite software (such as Service Packs) before applying any of the solutions above.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-2025-69258: LoadLibraryEX Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability 
CVSSv3.1: 9.8: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL into a key executable, leading to execution of attacker-supplied code under the context of SYSTEM on affected installations.

 

CVE-2025-69259:  Message Unchecked NULL Return Value Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability 
CVSSv3.1: 7.5: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A message unchecked NULL return value vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations.

Please note: authentication is not required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2025-69260:  Message Out-of-bounds Read Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability 
CVSSv3.1: 7.5: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A message out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations.

Please note: authentication is not required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Additional Vulnerabilities Addressed in Previous Versions

Please note the following vulnerabilities were addressed in previous builds of the product, but it is strongly encouraged customers update to the latest version (or above) in this bulletin to address all known issues.

CVE-2025-71205:  Threat Intelligence Component Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability 
ZDI-CAN-26618
CVSSv3.1: 4.4: AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

A blind server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in a Trend Micro Apex Central threat intelligence component could allow an attacker to send arbitrary HTTP requests from a vulnerable server.

Please note: authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2025-71206:  Scheduled Update Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability 
ZDI-CAN-26598
CVSSv3.1: 4.4: AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

A blind server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex Central scheduled update component could allow an attacker to send arbitrary HTTP requests from a vulnerable server.

Please note: authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2025-71207:  Manual Update Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability 
ZDI-CAN-26597
CVSSv3.1: 4.4: AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

A blind server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex Central manual update component could allow an attacker to send arbitrary HTTP requests from a vulnerable server.

Please note: authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2025-71208:  Management Console Improper Authentication Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 
ZDI-CAN-26037
CVSSv3.1: 8.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

An improper authentication vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. This issue is similar, but not identical to CVE-2025-71209.

Please note: user authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

CVE-2025-71209:  Management Console Improper Authentication Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 
ZDI-CAN-26039
CVSSv3.1: 8.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

An improper authentication vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. This issue is similar, but not identical to CVE-2025-71208.

Please note: user authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Mitigating Factors

Exploiting these type of vulnerabilities generally require that an attacker has access (physical or remote) to a vulnerable machine. In addition to timely application of patches and updated solutions, customers are also advised to review remote access to critical systems and ensure policies and perimeter security is up-to-date.

However, even though an exploit may require several specific conditions to be met, Trend Micro strongly encourages customers to update to the latest builds as soon as possible.

Acknowledgement

Trend Micro would like to thank the following individuals/organizations for responsibly disclosing these issues and working with Trend Micro to help protect our customers:

• Tenable (CVE-2025-69258, CVE-2025-69259, CVE-2025-69260)
• Abdessamad Lahlali of TrendAI (CVE-2025-71205, CVE-2025-71206, CVE-2025-71207)
• Elias Martinez (filenotfound) working with the TrendAI Zero Day Initiative (CVE-2025-71208, CVE-2025-71209)