# CVE-2025-49219: Deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central

> Insecure deserialization allows pre-authentication remote code execution on Trend Micro Apex Central installations.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xfcv-jhfx-64pp

## What is CVE-2025-49219?

CVE-2025-49219 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An insecure deserialization operation in Trend Micro Apex Central below versions 8.0.7007 could lead to a pre-authentication remote code execution on affected installations. Note that this vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-49220 but is in a different method.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data), CWE-477 (Use of Obsolete Function)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49219?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Apex Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49219?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49219 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-2025-49220](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)
- [CVE-2023-32529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32529/): SQL injection in Trend Micro Apex Central (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49219 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49219 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49219 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-2025-49219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49219/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49219
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49219
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49219

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49219/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.