🛡️ CVE-2022-26704
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 12.4

References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/13
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/13
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jul/14
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

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