Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2022 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2022-26746

Medium 5.5

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 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	Security Update - Catalina	unspecified – before 2022
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 11.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before 12.4

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 x_refsource_MISC