CVE-2022-26688 Path traversal in macOS

What is CVE-2022-26688?

CVE-2022-26688 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 26 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue in the handling of symlinks was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. A malicious app with root privileges may be able to modify the contents of system files.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26688?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2022-26688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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