# CVE-2025-69259: Null dereference in Trend Micro Apex Central

> A remote attacker can cause a denial-of-service condition in Trend Micro Apex Central by exploiting an unchecked NULL return value without authentication.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 8 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f57h-h252-h773

## What is CVE-2025-69259?

CVE-2025-69259 is a high-severity 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 message unchecked NULL return value vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow a remote attacker to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations.

Please note: authentication is not required in order to exploit this vulnerability..

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference), CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error), CWE-120 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69259?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Apex Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-69259?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69259 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-69259 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69259 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-2025-69259 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-69259 is a high-severity 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-2025-69259 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-2025-69259/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69259/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69259
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69259
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69259

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69259/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.