CVE-2022-26769

7.8 highEPSS 1.1%

High (7.8) in apple. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2022-05-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x
apple:macos

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256

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