CVE-2022-26771: Apple iPadOS

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

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.5 (fixed in 15.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.5 (fixed in 15.5)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.5 (fixed in 15.5)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.6 (fixed in 8.6)

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