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CVE-2026-45208 (GCVE-0-2026-45208)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 13:04 – Updated: 2026-05-22 03:55
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Summary
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Apex One/SEP agent could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on affected installations. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-21 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One Affected: 2019 (14.0) , < 14.0.0.17079 (semver)
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Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One as a Service Affected: SaaS , < 14.0.20731 (semver)
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