CVE-2022-22609: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with additional permissions checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3, watchOS 8.5. A malicious application may be able to read other applications' settings.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple macOS: from 12.0, before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.5 (fixed in 8.5)

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