CVE-2022-26704: 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…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.09%

62.0th percentile

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

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	ios_15.5_and_ipados	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	—	—
apple	mac_os_x	>= 10.15 < 10.15.7	10.15.7
apple	macos	>= 11.0 < 11.6.8	11.6.8
apple	macos	>= 12.0.0 < 12.4	12.4
apple	macos	>= unspecified < 12.4	12.4
apple	macos_big_sur	—	—
apple	macos_monterey	—	—
apple	security_update_2022-005_catalina	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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