What is CVE-2022-35631?

CVE-2022-35631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-35631?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2022-35631

On MacOS and Linux, it may be possible to perform a symlink attack by replacing this predictable file name with a symlink to another file and have the Velociraptor client overwrite the other file. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

Published 2022-07-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.5% 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)

References

www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-multiple-… (Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35631?: CVE-2022-35631 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-35631?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.