【Vulnerability Alert】A Critical Security Vulnerability Has Been Identified in Trend Micro Apex Central (CVE-2025-69258)

publish date : 2026-01-23 update date : 2026-01-23

Source: Ministry of education information & communication security contingency platform

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Publication Number TACERT-ANA-2026011210015858 Publication Time 2026/01/12 10:52
Incident Type ANA-Vulnerability Alert Discovery Time 2026/01/12 10:52
Impact Level Low  
[Subject]
【Vulnerability Alert】A Critical Security Vulnerability Has Been Identified in Trend Micro Apex Central (CVE-2025-69258)
[Content]
Forwarded from TWCERTCC-200-202601-00000005

Trend Micro Apex Central is a centralized management platform developed by Trend Micro, used to manage multiple Trend Micro security solutions, including gateways, mail servers, file servers, and enterprise desktops. Recently, a critical security advisory was released for this vulnerability (CVE-2025-69258, CVSS: 9.8). The vulnerability stems from a security weakness in the LoadLibraryEX function used by Trend Micro Apex Central. An attacker can remotely load a malicious DLL under their control into critical executables on the system without authentication, and execute attacker-controlled code with SYSTEM privileges.

(Information Sharing Level: WHITE (Information content can be publicly disclosed)
[Affected Platform]
Apex Central (on-premise) versions earlier than 7190 (exclusive)

[Recommended Actions]
Please apply the patch via the official website:

https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022071

[Reference]
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-169-10619-c1e07-1.html
(This notification is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a cybersecurity incident).
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