What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-22663

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.4 — fixed in 15.4
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.4 — fixed in 15.4
• macOS: from 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.15.7, 10.15.7-security_update_2020, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-001, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-005, 10.15.7-security_update_2020-007, 10.15.7-security_update_2021-001 (+9) — fixed in 10.15.7
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.5; from 12.0.0 before 12.3 — fixed in 11.6.5, 12.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.4; Apple Iphone Os 15.4; macOS 10.15.7; Apple macOS 11.6.5, 12.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213182
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213255
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213256

Get alerted when CVE-2022-22663 or the next vulnerability affects your stack