CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-40139

7.2 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-09-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability — Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service

Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service contain an improper validation of rollback mechanism components that could lead to remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2022-09-15
Remediation due
2022-10-06
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000291528?language=en_US; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40139
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-09-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Improper validation of some components used by the rollback mechanism in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service clients could allow a Apex One server administrator to instruct affected clients to download an unverified rollback package, which could lead to remote code execution. Please note: an attacker must first obtain Apex One server administration console access in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• trendmicro apex one • trendmicro apex one 2019

References