CVE-2022-32838: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.5, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app may be able to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.15.7 only
• Apple macOS: before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); from 11.0, before 11.6.8 (fixed in 11.6.8); from 12.0, before 12.5 (fixed in 12.5); version 10.15.7 only

Published 2022-08-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.