What is CVE-2022-40141?

CVE-2022-40141 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40141?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2022-40141

A vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One and Apex One as a Service could allow an attacker to intercept and decode certain communication strings that may contain some identification attributes of a particular Apex One server.

Published 2022-09-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Trend Micro Apex One — versions 2019 (on-prem) and SaaS
Trendmicro Apex One — versions 2019

References

success.trendmicro.com/solution/000291528 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40141?: CVE-2022-40141 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40141?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.