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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0020652 ; N/A ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54948

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-78. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54948
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog