CVE-2022-32938

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system.

Affected products

Apple iPadOS: before 16.0 — fixed in 16.0
Apple Iphone Os: before 16.1 — fixed in 16.1
Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.0; Apple Iphone Os 16.1; Apple macOS 13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489

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