CVE-2022-26712: Apple macOS

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

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.6.6 (fixed in 11.6.6); from 12.0.0, before 12.4 (fixed in 12.4)

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