CVE-2022-26690

Published: May 26, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.7

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected (1)

Products: Apple: Macos

Apple

1 product

Macos

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apple Macos	From 12.0.0 to 12.3

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183

Source: product-security@apple.com

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213183

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release NotesVendor Advisory

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