CVE-2022-42860: Apple macOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This issue was addressed with improved checks to prevent unauthorized actions. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.6.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.1, macOS Ventura 13. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system

Affected products

• Apple macOS: from 11.0.0, before 11.7.1 (fixed in 11.7.1); from 12.0.0, before 12.6.1 (fixed in 12.6.1)

Published 2023-06-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.