CVE-2022-40139
Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability
- High 7.2
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 15 Sep 2022
Description
Improper validation of some components used by the rollback mechanism in Trend Micro Apex One and Trend Micro Apex One as a Service clients could allow a Apex One server administrator to instruct affected clients to download an unverified rollback package, which could lead to remote code execution. Please note: an attacker must first obtain Apex One server administration console access in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Key facts
- Published
- 19 Sep 2022
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- trendmicro
- KEV added
- 15 Sep 2022
- KEV fix due
- 6 Oct 2022
- EPSS
- 3.515% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 89.401% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 7.2CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Trend Micro | Trend Micro Apex One |
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Timeline
- 15 Sep 2022 CVE-2022-40139 added to CISA KEV
- 15 Sep 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
- 19 Sep 2022 Published