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CVE-2022-22583

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-001 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. An application may be able to access restricted files.

Affected products

• macOS: from 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.15.7-security_update_2020-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-002, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-003, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-004, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-005 (+3) — fixed in 10.15.7
• Apple macOS: before 11.6.3; from 12.0.0 before 12.3; 10.15.7 — fixed in 11.6.3, 12.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: macOS 10.15.7; Apple macOS 11.6.3, 12.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213056
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213056

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