High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-22665

Description

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOS Montereyllm-fuzzy
Range: <12.3
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213184nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213185nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213255nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT213256nvdVendor Advisory

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