CVE-2009-2822: Apple Airport Utility

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AirPort Utility before 5.5.1 for Apple AirPort Base Station does not properly distribute MAC address ACLs to network extenders, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an 802.11 authentication frame.

Affected products

• Apple Airport Utility: up to and including 5.4.2; version 5.0 only; version 5.3.1 only; version 5.3.2 only; version 5.4.1 only

Published 2010-04-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.