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CVE-2022-26701

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-05-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.5 — fixed in 15.5
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.5 — fixed in 15.5
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.6; from 12.0.0 before 12.4 — fixed in 11.6.6, 12.4
• Apple tvOS: before 15.4 — fixed in 15.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.5; Apple Iphone Os 15.5; Apple macOS 11.6.6, 12.4; Apple tvOS 15.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258

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