Trend Micro Apex One, Apex One as a Service, and Worry-Free Business Security
YES - ON THE CISA KEV LIST
CVE-2021-36742
Trend Micro Multiple Products Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
overdue since 2021-11-17
Trend Micro: 12 entries (0.7% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 1 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
Your BOD 26-04 window (SSVC tier helper)
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Description
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 (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000287819?language=en_US, https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000287820?language=en_US; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36742
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: Trend Micro
- CVE-2026-34926 - Apex One (2026-05-21)
- CVE-2025-54948 - Apex One (2025-08-18)
- CVE-2023-41179 - Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security (2023-09-21)
- CVE-2022-40139 - Apex One and Apex One as a Service (2022-09-15)
- CVE-2022-26871 - Apex Central (2022-03-31)
- CVE-2019-18187 - OfficeScan (2021-11-03)
- CVE-2020-8467 - Apex One and OfficeScan (2021-11-03)
- CVE-2020-8468 - Apex One, OfficeScan and Worry-Free Business Security Agents (2021-11-03)
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