# CVE-2025-69258: Code injection in Trend Micro Apex Central

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via DLL hijacking in Trend Micro Apex Central.

- **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:** 8 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mf42-gw23-xrx2

## What is CVE-2025-69258?

CVE-2025-69258 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 8 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error), CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing), CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69258?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Apex Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-69258?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-69258 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69258 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-2025-49219](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)
- [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-2025-69258 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-69258 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central, published on 8 Jan 2026. 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-2025-69258 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-2025-69258/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69258/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69258
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69258
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69258

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69258/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.