CVE-2022-42796

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Nov 1, 2022
Updated: Apr 22, 2025
Reserved: Oct 11, 2022

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macOSApple	before 13Affected
macOSApple	before 15.7Affected

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488

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