CVE-2022-26696 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-09-20

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Apple

macOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 12.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-31246	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-693
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2022-09-20T20:19:08.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-28T15:49:09.682Z

Reserved: 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-26696

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:11:44.208Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T21:15:10.333

Modified: 2025-05-28T16:15:22.370

Link: CVE-2022-26696

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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