🛡️ CVE-2022-22588 — ipados

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-22588 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2022-22588 is recorded against 2 packages.

• ipados (fixed in 15.2.1)
• iphone-os (fixed in 15.2.1)

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:

• CVE-2026-64763 (7.8 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43753 (4.6 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64713 (8.1 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64740 (9.3 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43730 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-43813 (7.1 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64770 (9.8 Critical, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-64721 (5.5 Medium, published 27 Jul 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

Details

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