Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2022-40139

High 7.2 Exploited in the wild (KEV)

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed active exploitation.

Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.

CISA KEV
Name
Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service Improper Validation Vulnerability
Added to catalog
Remediation due date (US federal)
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

Affected products

trendmicro: apex one; microsoft: windows

References3

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.2 HIGH Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
3% percentile: 89 · as of 2 November 2026