Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26707

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation 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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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