CVE-2022-22639

mediumpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.082 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

8.19% (95th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

jhftss/CVE-2022-22639CVE-2022-22639: Get a Root Shell on macOS MontereyPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apple macOS Catalinaall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:apple:mac_os:catalina
Apple iOS and iPadOSunspecified → 15.4enisa_euvdEU
Apple macOSunspecified → 12.3enisa_euvdEU
apple ipados< 15.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone os< 15.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple macos< 12.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1056Apple macOS: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-03-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter anonymer, authentisierter, lokaler oder physischer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Apple macOS ausnutzen, , um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, einen Spoofing-Angriff durchzuführen und beliebigen Code auszuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

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

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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