CVE-2022-22665: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

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, before 12.3 (fixed in 12.3)

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