Is CVE-2025-69258 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-69258 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-01-15.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-69258?

CVE-2025-69258 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-2025-69258?

Patch guidance is available from trendmicro security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-69258.

Fix CVE-2025-69258 - CRITICAL trendmicro apex central

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-69258?

16 products: trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, trendmicro apex central, and 11 more.

Description

A LoadLibraryEX vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to load an attacker-controlled DLL into a key executable, leading to execution of attacker-supplied code under the context of SYSTEM on affected installations.

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-120 CWE-290 CWE-346

Metadata

Primary Vendor: TRENDMICRO
Published: 1/8/2026
Last Modified: 1/15/2026
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_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_centraltrendmicro : apex_central

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD