Widely deployed enterprise security product; unauthenticated SYSTEM RCE could lead to full compromise of Apex Central deployments.
CVE-2025-69258
Unauthenticated RCE via LoadLibraryEx in Trend Micro Apex Central.
Is CVE-2025-69258 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-69258 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-69258?
CVE-2025-69258 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-69258?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-69258. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-69258 affect?
CVE-2025-69258 affects Trend Micro Apex Central. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-69258?
Patch when available; restrict Apex Central access to trusted hosts.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote code execution as SYSTEM by loading attacker DLL into Apex Central executable.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 2019 (14.0) and < Build 7190
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.