ZDI-26-989: Trend AI Apex One Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary: ZDI-26-989 describes a local privilege escalation flaw in TrendAI Apex One server, where the OpenSSL configuration is loaded from an unsecured location. An attacker who can already run low-privileged code on the system can exploit it to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM, and TrendAI has issued an update to correct it.
What's compelling: The flaw hands a local attacker SYSTEM-level execution on an Apex One server, so any foothold on that host - even low-privileged code - becomes full control of the endpoint management server itself.
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- Topics
- Vulnerabilities & Patching
- Mentions
- CVE-2026-111777
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