CVE-2021-36742
Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Trend Micro |
|---|---|
| Product | Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and Worry-Free Business Security |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
The vulnerability
Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and Worry-Free Business Security contain an improper input validation vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 17 November 2021 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 12:27. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.
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