Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-71210

Critical

Published: 21 May 2026

Published
21 May 2026
Modified
22 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0381 88.7th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-71210 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Trendmicro Apex One. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 11.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One management console could allow a remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations. Please note: although this vulnerability carries a technical critical CVSS rating, this was reported via…

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responsible disclosure via a researcher through the Zero Day Initiative. The SaaS versions of the product have already been mitigated and no customer action required. For this particular vulnerability, an attacker must have access to the Trend Micro Apex One Management Console, so customers that have their console�s IP address exposed externally should consider mitigating factors such as source restrictions if not already applied.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command And Control
Adversaries may transfer tools or other files from an external system into a compromised environment.
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
Why these techniques?

Path traversal in management console enables remote malicious file upload (T1105) and command execution (T1059) via exploitation of exposed web app (T1190).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2025-71216Same product: Trendmicro Apex One
CVE-2025-71214Same product: Trendmicro Apex One
CVE-2026-45207Same product: Trendmicro Apex One
CVE-2026-45206Same product: Trendmicro Apex One
CVE-2025-71217Same product: Trendmicro Apex One
CVE-2025-71213Same product: Trendmicro Apex One

Affected Assets

trendmicro
apex one
≤ 14.0.0.14136 · ≤ 14.0.20315

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

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