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CVE-2022-26688

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (4.4) in apple. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-59
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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