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CVE-2022-26765

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% 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 state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.5 — fixed in 15.5
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.5 — fixed in 15.5
• Apple macOS: from 12.0 before 12.4 — fixed in 12.4
• Apple tvOS: before 15.5 — fixed in 15.5
• Apple watchOS: before 8.6 — fixed in 8.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.5; Apple Iphone Os 15.5; Apple macOS 12.4; Apple tvOS 15.5; Apple watchOS 8.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253
• 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/HT213253
• 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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