🛡️ CVE-2022-26769
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

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.

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-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-26
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-05-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mac-os-x
macos 12.0.0 12.4

References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

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