# CVE-2023-38626: Server-side request forgery in Trend Micro Apex Central

> Post-authenticated SSRF in Trend Micro Apex Central allows attackers to interact with internal services, requiring prior low-privileged code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5prg-h6vm-wxcf

## What is CVE-2023-38626?

CVE-2023-38626 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 23 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A post-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central 2019 (lower than build 6481) could allow an attacker to interact with internal or local services directly.

Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

This is a similar, but not identical vulnerability as CVE-2023-38625.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38626?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Apex Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-38626?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-38626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Apex Central

- [CVE-2022-26871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26871/): Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-69258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69258/): Code injection in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-49219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49219/): Deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-49220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49220/): Deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-52324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52324/): File upload in Trend Micro Apex Central (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-38626 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-38626 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 23 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro Apex Central. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38626/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38626/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38626
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38626
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38626

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38626/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.