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CVE-2026-34926 — Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One

CISA KEVRansomware
CVSS v3.1 6.7 (MEDIUM) · EPSS 0.7% (higher than 73.4% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 10/10 · Published 2026-05-21

As of 2026-05-22, CVE-2026-34926 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro, Inc. TrendAI Apex One, CVSS v3.1 6.7, EPSS 0.7% (73.4th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-05-21), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2026-06-04, and CISA links it to known ransomware campaigns. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-34926, most recently “CISA KEV (2026-05-21): CVE-2025-34291 Langflow CORS Token Hijack-to-RCE & CVE-2026-34926 Trend Micro Apex One On-Premise Directory Traversal”.

Last updated: 2026-05-22

What is CVE-2026-34926?

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Apex One (on-premise) server could allow a pre-authenticated local attacker to modify a key table on the server to inject malicious code to deploy to agents on affected installations. This vulnerability is only exploitable on the on-premise version of Apex One and a potential attacker must have access to the Apex One Server and already obtained administrative credentials to the server via some other method to exploit this vulnerability.

The record classifies CVE-2026-34926 under weakness class CWE-23. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs high-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 115 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
6.7 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS (FIRST)
0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.4% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2026-05-21, federal remediation deadline 2026-06-04 — used in known ransomware campaigns
Threadlinqs priority
10/10 — CISA lists it as used in ransomware, which Threadlinqs scores at the maximum
Published
2026-05-21, last modified 2026-05-22

Is CVE-2026-34926 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2026-34926 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-21, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2026-06-04 under BOD 22-01. CISA flags the vulnerability as one used in known ransomware campaigns. It currently carries a trending score of 35 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

How to fix CVE-2026-34926

Because CVE-2026-34926 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2026-06-04. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-34926 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-34926

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-34926, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Seeded from cveorg and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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