Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26701

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in tvOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 15.5
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 12.4
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before 15.5

References

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