Is CVE-2022-32938 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-32938 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-32938?

CVE-2022-32938 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-32938?

CVE-2022-32938 has an EPSS score of 0.72% (49th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-32938?

Upgrade ipados to 16.0 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-32938

MEDIUM

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

ipadosNVD

Affected:< 16.0Fixed in:16.0CVE-2022-32938derived from NVD

iphone osNVD

Affected:< 16.1Fixed in:16.1CVE-2022-32938derived from NVD

macosNVD

Affected:< 13.0Fixed in:13.0CVE-2022-32938derived 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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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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 2025-05-06.