How severe is CVE-2022-26871?

CVE-2022-26871 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 19.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2022-26871: Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-31

Remediation due

2022-04-21

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26871

Description

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary file which could lead to remote code execution.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Trend Micro	Trend Micro Apex Central	2019 (on-premise), SaaS

References

5 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2022-03-29

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

trendmicro

Credited to

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