Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54948

Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Aug 5, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Trend Micro Apex One

Patch now

CVE-2025-54948 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 8, 2025. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
23.92%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe trendmicro/apex one · vendor Trend Micro Apex One

Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

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  • cpe trendmicro/apex one2019
  • vendor Trend Micro Apex Oneversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-54948

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-54948 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 8, 2025. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One 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 one 2019. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 23.92%. 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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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 5, 2025 · Catalog

    Detected

    Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

  2. Aug 18, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Sep 8, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-54948

    Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54948

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54948

    30-day exploitation probability 23.9%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54948

    A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One (on-premise) management console could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-54948

    Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.