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Is CVE-2025-54948 being exploited?

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CISA has evidence of active exploitation. This is not theoretical risk — someone has already used it against someone.

Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Trend Micro · Apex One

CVSS 9.4 EPSS 21% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 8 September 2025

What it is

Trend Micro Apex One Management Console (on-premise) contains an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a pre-authenticated remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations.

Why we say that

  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2025-09-08) has passed
  • CVSS 9.4 critical
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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