CVE-2025-49220
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn insecure deserialization operation in Trend Micro Apex Central below version 8.0.7007 could lead to a pre-authentication remote code execution on affected installations. Note that this vulnerability is similar to CVE-2025-49219 but is in a different method.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceInsecure deserialization in Trend Micro Apex Central versions below 8.0.7007 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. This is a pre-authentication flaw in a different code path than the related CVE-2025-49219.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2019CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed Apex Central versionLocate the product version through the web console (usually in About or System Information section) or via the product's built-in version check utilityAffected if The displayed version is below 8.0.7007 (for example, version 2019 or any earlier release)
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Confirm the web management interface is accessibleVerify that the Apex Central web console is reachable on the configured port (default 443 or 4343)Affected if The interface responds, indicating the vulnerable component is exposed to network access
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Check if authentication is required for the vulnerable endpointAttempt to access the login page or known API endpoints without credentialsAffected if The endpoint responds without requiring authentication, confirming the pre-authentication nature of the flaw
Your environment is affected if Trend Micro Apex Central is installed at a version below 8.0.7007 and the web management interface is network-accessible without requiring authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate Trend Micro Apex Central to version 8.0.7007 or later immediately to remediate this critical pre-authentication RCE vulnerability.
Apex Central 8.0.7007 or later
- 1. Identify the current version of Trend Micro Apex Central by checking the About or System Information section in the management console
- 2. Download the latest version of Apex Central from the Trend Micro Download Center or contact Trend Micro support
- 3. Review the upgrade documentation and release notes for Apex Central 8.0.7007
- 4. Perform a backup of the Apex Central database and configuration settings
- 5. Execute the upgrade installer for version 8.0.7007 or later
- 6. Verify the installation completed successfully and the version displays as 8.0.7007 or higher
- 7. Test critical functionalities to ensure normal operations
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-49220 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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