CVE-2022-26765

MEDIUM

iPadOS < 15.5 - Race Condition Bypass of Pointer Authentication

Title source: llm

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

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

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 8.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (5)

apple/ipados < 15.5

apple/iphone_os < 15.5

apple/macos 12.0 - 12.4

apple/tvos < 15.5

apple/watchos < 8.6

Published May 26, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026