Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-26688
An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 36.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.4
CVSS v2 Score 4.9
Products affected by CVE-2022-26688
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.2
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.3
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.4
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.5
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.6
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.0
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.1.0
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.2
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.2.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.3
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.3.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.4
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.5
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.5.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.6
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.6.2
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:11.6.3
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0.0
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.1
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.2
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:12.2.1