CVE-2022-26871An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload an arbitrary…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 19.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 31 Mar 2022
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Trend Micro Apex Central Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability.
- Added
- 31 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 21 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 31 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By trendmicro
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.5% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Trend Micro · Trend Micro Apex Central
- affected 2019 (on-premise), SaaS
References
References6
- https://success.trendmicro.com/solution/000290678 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://success.trendmicro.com/jp/solution/000290660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.jpcert.or.jp/english/at/2022/at220008.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU99107357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://appweb.trendmicro.com/supportNews/NewsDetail.aspx?id=4435 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-26871 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-31420 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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