Apple macOS: A plug-in may be able to inherit the application's permissions and access…
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A plug-in may be able to inherit the application's permissions and access user data.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00937 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): 12.4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 12.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS 12.4
36 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 7 MEDIUM, 29 LOW
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Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-26693
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4r7-7pqv-hpgf
References
Advisory 1
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- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2022-26693 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-26693 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4r7-7pqv-hpgf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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