CVE•Published 2026-01-08•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-69258Trendmicro · Apex_central
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
89
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 11% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-01-08
Modified 2026-10-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-69258Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Trendmicro Apex Central" version:"2019"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Apex Central"HTTP body or banner mentions "Apex Central" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-69258Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-69258Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-69258Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-69258GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-69258" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.