Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26704

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213343 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213344 x_refsource_CONFIRM
20220721 APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-4 Security Update 2022-005 Catalina mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
20220721 APPLE-SA-2022-07-20-3 macOS Big Sur 11.6.8 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2022/MNDT-2022-0032/MNDT-2022-0032.md x_refsource_MISC