Apple macOS up to 12.3 sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 12.3. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-26696. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 12.3 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

This issue was addressed with improved environment sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

The weakness was disclosed 09/21/2022 as HT213257. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-26696 since 03/08/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1611 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.4

Timelineinfo

03/08/2022 🔍
09/21/2022 +196 days 🔍
09/21/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2025 +980 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213257
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26696 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209207
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2022 10:24
Updated: 05/28/2025 21:09
Changes: 09/21/2022 10:24 (42), 10/21/2022 15:52 (11), 05/28/2025 21:09 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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