CVE-2022-22585

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.017 · 76 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.65% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. An application may be able to access a user's files.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 15.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 11.6enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.2enisa_euvdEU
Apple tvOSunspecified → 15.3enisa_euvdEU
Apple watchOSunspecified → 8.4enisa_euvdEU
apple ipados< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 11.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos12.0.0 → 12.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos< 15.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos< 8.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1213Apple macOS (Monterey): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-01-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS (Monterey) ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Kernel-Privilegien auszuführen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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