Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published May 26, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-26765
CVE-2022-26765
Description
A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.5
- (no CPE)range: =15.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=12.0,<12.4
- (no CPE)range: =12.4
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <15.5
- (no CPE)range: =15.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <8.6
- (no CPE)range: =8.6
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- Range: =15.5
Patches
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References
4- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258nvdVendor Advisory
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