CVE-2025-69258 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-69258

Vendor Trend Micro, Inc.
Product Trend Micro Apex Central
Weakness CWE-290
Published January 8, 2026
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 8, 2026 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated