CVE-2022-22663: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may bypass Gatekeeper checks.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.4 (fixed in 15.4)
• 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.