What is CVE-2022-26765?

CVE-2022-26765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, 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-2022-26765?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Ipados

CVE-2022-26765

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2022-05-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254 (Vendor Advisory)
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26765?: CVE-2022-26765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Ipados, 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-2022-26765?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.