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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-26871

Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Published Mar 29, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Trend Micro Apex Central

Patch now

CVE-2022-26871 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 21, 2022. Confirm Trend Micro Apex Central against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
19.48%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe trendmicro/apex central · cpe trendmicro/apex one · vendor Trend Micro Apex Central

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe trendmicro/apex central2019
  • cpe trendmicro/apex oneversion unspecified
  • vendor Trend Micro Apex Centralversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-26871

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-26871 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 21, 2022. Confirm Trend Micro Apex Central against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with trendmicro/apex central 2019. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-184; CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. EPSS 19.48%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 29, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

  2. Mar 31, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Apr 21, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-26871

    An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-26871

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-26871

    30-day exploitation probability 19.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-26871

    An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-26871

    An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow for remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.