CVE-2022-26704 (GCVE-0-2022-26704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-26 18:43 – Updated: 2024-08-03 05:11
VLAI
Summary
A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • An app may be able to gain elevated privileges
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 907 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apple macOS Affected: unspecified , < 12.4 (custom)
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