CVE-2022-22617 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2022-22617?

CVE-2022-22617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 18 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, Security Update 2022-003 Catalina. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22617?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22617?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-22617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-94c4-grqq-v3fq.