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CVE-2022-26720

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-26720 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting Apple macOS, specifically Catalina, Monterey, and Big Sur. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) could allow a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges due to insufficient bounds checking. While the vulnerability has been patched in macOS Monterey 12.4 and other updates, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-002:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / en-us/HT213255
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213256
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT213257
Vendor Advisory