CVE-2025-54948
Actively exploited. CVE-2025-54948 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-08-18) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching 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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2025-54948: Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-08-18
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