CVE-2022-42796: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7, macOS Ventura 13. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.7 (fixed in 15.7)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 15.7 (fixed in 15.7)
• Apple macOS: before 13.0 (fixed in 13.0)

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