Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54987
Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published Aug 6, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 6, 2025 · Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service
Patch now
CVE-2025-54987 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service 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
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 19.69%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- vendor Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service
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. This vulnerability is essentially the same as CVE-2025-54948 but targets a different CPU architecture.
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- vendor Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Serviceversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-54987
Recommended remediation
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-54987 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 19.69%. 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
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 6, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV
Detected
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. This vulnerability is essentially the same as CVE-2025-54948 but targets a different CPU architecture.
Aug 6, 2025 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54987
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54987
30-day exploitation probability 19.7%
first.org - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-54987
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. This vulnerability is essentially the same as CVE-2025-54948 but targets a different CP
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.