CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-26769

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available
mac os xNVD
Affected:>= 10.15, < 10.15.7Fixed in:10.15.7CVE-2022-26769derived from NVD
macosNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 12.4Fixed in:12.4CVE-2022-26769derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.94%probability of exploitation in 30 days
57thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 57% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-30.