CVE-2022-22585: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple macOS: before 11.6.3 (fixed in 11.6.3); from 12.0.0, before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.3 (fixed in 15.3)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.4 (fixed in 8.4)

Published 2022-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.