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CVE-2025-54948: Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2025-54948
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

What
There is an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to execute commands.
Who is affected
Deployments of Trend Micro Apex One Management Console.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and confirmed exploitation.
Action
Apply the latest security patch provided by Trend Micro.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-08-18
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54948

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2025-54948coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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