CVE-2022-32881: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7, macOS Ventura 13, iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Monterey 12.6, tvOS 16. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 11.0, before 11.7 (fixed in 11.7); from 12.0.0, before 12.6 (fixed in 12.6)
• Apple tvOS: before 16.0 (fixed in 16.0)
• Apple watchOS: before 9.0 (fixed in 9.0)

Published 2022-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.