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Type Vulnerability

Trend · Code execution

Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerability

1 sourceCVE-2025-54948

At a glance

Medium
7-day window, from the last update
ActiveConfirmed in-the-wild exploitation
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Signal

Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.

Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on Trend Micro Apex One, treat it as High.

Briefing

  • Do not treat uncorroborated claims as confirmed breaches.

Questions to ask IT

  • Do we run Trend Micro Apex One, and which versions?
  • Is any of it reachable from the internet?
  • Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
  • If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 11 Nov?

Next steps

  1. Confirm exposure, mitigation status and any service interruption risk.

Summary

  • 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.
  • CVE-2025-54948 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)
  • 8% estimated chance of exploitation in 30 days; 97.
  • Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Why this matters in the UK

  • Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild

Products and services involved

15 reports

Part of Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities disclosed

All 15 reports in this story

Pulse

Last checked 4d ago · Recheck overdue since 5 Nov 2026, 23:38 UK time · 3 quiet checks collapsed

Update
4 Nov 2026, 23:38 UK time · 4d ago

Suggested changed to 7d.

Listed on the — prioritise confirming exposure and patching.

EscalationDe-escalationCritical / liveWhat these mean
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2 quiet checks hidden.

Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence

    Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerability

  • ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence

    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. Affects Trend Micro Apex One. Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2025-54948

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2025-54948 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)

  • ConfirmedEstimated attack likelihood95% confidence

    CVE-2025-54948 has estimated attack likelihood 0.2079 (~20.8% estimated chance of exploitation in 30 days; 97.3th percentile) as of 2026-07-31 — probability signal, not confirmed exploitation