CVE-2022-26690

low-risk

Published 2022-05-26

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Do I need to act?

0.17% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 4.7/10 Medium

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Macos

Affected Vendors

Apple

References (2)

Release Notes https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183

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low-risk

Severity 12/34 · Low

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal