Is CVE-2025-49220 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-49220 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-09-08.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-49220?

CVE-2025-49220 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2025-49220?

Patch guidance is available from trendmicro security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-49220.

Fix CVE-2025-49220 - CRITICAL trendmicro apex central

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-49220?

13 products: trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, and 8 more.

Description

An insecure deserialization operation in Trend Micro Apex Central below version 8.0.7007 could lead to a pre-authentication remote code execution on affected installations. Note that this vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-49219 but is in a different method.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-477 CWE-502 · Insecure Deserialization

Metadata

Primary Vendor: TRENDMICRO
Published: 6/17/2025
Last Modified: 9/8/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

trendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_central

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD