CVE-2022-22646: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.2. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 12.0.0, before 12.2 (fixed in 12.2)

Published 2023-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.