A LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL…

published 2026-01-08 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 33 d ago also EUVD-2026-1568

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.6%; EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central Build 7190

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 9 mo ago (2026-01-09)

Exploit prediction

3.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-01 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central

Classification

Weakness

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CWE-346 Origin Validation Error
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

tenable.com /security/research/tra-2026-01
exploit, third-party-advisory
success.trendmicro.com /en-US/solution/KA-0022071
vendor-advisory
success.trendmicro.com /ja-JP/solution/KA-0022081
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-69258
NVD CVE-2025-69258

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Summary