CVE-2022-32844: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.6, watchOS 8.7, iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6. An app with arbitrary kernel read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple tvOS: before 15.6 (fixed in 15.6)
• Apple watchOS: before 8.7 (fixed in 8.7)

Published 2023-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.