Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-26690

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.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-26690: held from 0.016 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26690?
CVE-2022-26690 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-26690?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-26690 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.