CVE-2022-26871
Published 2022-03-29 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source security@trendmicro.com
Summary
CVE-2022-26871 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 31, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 21, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Trend Micro has 12 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 12 known-exploited Trend Micro vulnerabilities →Description
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Trend Micro — Apex Central
Name: Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-31 · Due: 2022-04-21
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://appweb.trendmicro.com/supportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=4435
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU99107357
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000290660
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290678
- https://www.jpcert.or.jp/english/at/2022/at220008.html
- https://appweb.trendmicro.com/supportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=4435
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU99107357
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000290660

