CVE-2022-26688: An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3…

PriorityP419medium4.4CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRHUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.44%

35.8th percentile

An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	>= 10.15 < 10.15.7	10.15.7
apple	macos	>= 11.0 < 11.6.5	11.6.5
apple	macos	>= 12.0.0 < 12.3	12.3
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 12.3	12.3
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 11.6	11.6
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 2022	2022
apple	macos_big_sur	—	—
apple	macos_monterey	—	—
apple	security_update_2022-003_catalina	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

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