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CVE-2025-49219: Trend Micro Apex Central · Use of Obsolete Function

Affects Trend Micro Apex CentralSource CVE Database V5

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical · fixed in 8.0.7007 : patch Trend Micro Apex Central as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 72% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.0.7007
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex CentralAffected
  • =8.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, restrict network access to the Apex Central management interface by implementing strict firewall rules and network segmentation to limit exposure to trusted administrative hosts only. Employ intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) to monitor for anomalous deserialization activity or suspicious remote requests targeting Apex Central. Conduct thorough logging and monitoring of management server activities to detect early signs of exploitation attempts. Disable or restrict any unnecessary services or features that could be leveraged for deserialization attacks. Engage with Trend Micro support for any available workarounds or temporary mitigations. Educate security teams about the nature of insecure deserialization vulnerabilities to improve incident response readiness. Finally, review and strengthen overall application security practices, including input validation and secure coding standards, to prevent similar issues in future software versions.

Description

An insecure deserialization operation in Trend Micro Apex Central below versions 8.0.7007 could lead to a pre-authentication remote code execution on affected installations. Note that this vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-49220 but is in a different method.

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