CVE-2022-42866: Apple iPadOS

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

The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, tvOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to read sensitive location information.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple macOS: before 13.1 (fixed in 13.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 16.2 (fixed in 16.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 9.2 (fixed in 9.2)

Published 2022-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.