CVE-2022-26701

HIGH

tvOS <15.5-iOS <15.5-iPadOS <15.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (4)
apple/ipados < 15.5
apple/iphone_os < 15.5
apple/macos 11.0 - 11.6.6
apple/tvos < 15.4
Published May 26, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026