CVE-2022-26704: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks and was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. An app may be able to gain elevated 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 11.6.8 (fixed in 11.6.8); from 12.0.0, before 12.4 (fixed in 12.4)

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