Apple macOS: An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences
Priority MEDIUM 44Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6. An app may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00898 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed macOS (Apple): 12.4, 11.6
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 12.4
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 11.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS 12.4
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-09953 Protection mechanism failure in Apple macOSPriority MEDIUM 40
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-32882
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cvh-34vj-r5mg
References
More Apple Macos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46583 Improper authentication in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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-2022-32882 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-32882 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8cvh-34vj-r5mg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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