CVE-2025-71215: trend micro, inc. trendai apex one (mac)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-71215 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in trend micro, inc. trendai apex one (mac). EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 21-05-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A time-of-check time-of-use vulnerability in the Trend Micro Apex One (mac) agent iCore service signature verification 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. The following information is provided as informational only for CVE references, as these were addressed already via ActiveUpdate/SaaS updates in mid to late 2025 (SaaS 2507 & 2005 Yearly Release).
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
21%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.30% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Trend micro, inc.1 product
- trendai apex one (mac)≥ NA, < NA
Trendmicro1 product
- apex_onena
2 vendors · 2 products
References
2 links- success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022458Vendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-141/Third Party Advisory