Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26708

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An attacker may be able to cause unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213253 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213254 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC