CVE-2022-26701
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 26, 2022 at 06:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:35 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSiPadOS
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 15.5
Affected range stops below 15.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 15.5
Affected range stops below 15.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
11.0 ≤ v < 11.6.612.0.0 ≤ v < 12.4
Affected range stops below 11.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 12.4v < 15.4v < 15.5
Affected range stops below 12.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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