Apple macOS up to 12.3 Environment Variable information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple macOS up to 12.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Environment Variable Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-26707. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple macOS up to 12.3 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.

The weakness was presented 09/24/2022 as HT213257. It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-26707 since 03/08/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 12.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-31257). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 12.4

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03/08/2022 🔍
09/24/2022 +199 days 🔍
09/24/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/23/2025 +972 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT213257
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-26707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-26707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209523
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2022 13:01
Updated: 05/23/2025 03:15
Changes: 09/24/2022 13:01 (43), 10/23/2022 13:23 (11), 05/22/2025 19:36 (15), 05/23/2025 03:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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