Vulnerability in Apple macOS
CVE-2022-27536
Certificate.Verify in crypto/x509 in Go 1.18.x before 1.18.1 can be caused to panic on macOS when presented with certain malformed certificates. This allows a remote TLS server to cause a TLS client to panic.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.014 (70.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Golang Go
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-27536?
- CVE-2022-27536 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-04-20.
- How severe is CVE-2022-27536?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-27536 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.