🛡️ CVE-2022-26688
🟡 CVSS 4.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
4.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-26
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mac-os-x
macos 12.0.0 12.3

References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213184
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213185

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