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🛡️ CVE-2022-22585 — ipados

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. An application may be able to access a user's files.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-22585 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2022-22585 is recorded against 5 packages.

  • ipados (fixed in 15.3)
  • iphone-os (fixed in 15.3)
  • macos (from 12.0.0 up to 12.2)
  • tvos (fixed in 15.3)
  • watchos (fixed in 8.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 March 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

ipados has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-59: Link Following) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-03-18
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ipados — 15.3
iphone-os — 15.3
macos 12.0.0 12.2
tvos — 15.3
watchos — 8.4

References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059

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