Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26690

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-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 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple macOS unspecified – before 12.3

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