High severity · published Sep 20, 2022
CVE-2022-26696
This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
12.0.0 before 12.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26696
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26696
Release Notes
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257
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