CVE-2022-22616: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 7.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A maliciously crafted ZIP archive may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6.5 (fixed in 11.6.5); from 12.0.0, before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)

Published 2022-05-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.