Vulnerability in Apple Ipados
CVE-2022-26701
A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Apple Ipados
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple macOS
- Apple tvOS — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-26701?
- CVE-2022-26701 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2022-26701?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-26701 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.