● Critical · CVSS 9.8

How to Fix CVE-2025-69258: Trend Micro Apex Central (Bundle Sibling)

Q: Is CVE-2025-69258 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-69258 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, so federal civilian agencies are required to patch on the published deadline. Most enterprises treat the same date as the practical floor.

Q: What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-69258?

Critical. See the advisory for the full CVSS vector.

Q: Where can I read the official advisory?

See https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022071

Q: Does the patch require a reboot?

It depends on the deployment. Service-only updates usually need a service restart; OS-level fixes require a full reboot. Check the vendor release notes for the exact post-upgrade steps.

⚡ At a glance


Severity	CVSS 9.8, Critical
Actively exploited?	No
Affected	Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central (< Build 7190)
Fixed in	Same patched build as CVE-2025-49219
Type (CWE)	CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVE-2025-69258 is a sibling vulnerability in the same Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central advisory bundle as CVE-2025-49219. The same patched build closes every CVE in the bundle, so the remediation procedure for CVE-2025-69258 is the same as for the primary write-up.

What's different about CVE-2025-69258?

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.

The technical distinction is the specific code path or input vector listed in the description above. Impact is consistent with the bundle: compromise of the affected component as described in the vendor advisory. The patched build addresses every code path in the advisory in one update.