CVE-2022-32786 Privilege escalation in macOS

What is CVE-2022-32786?

CVE-2022-32786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32786?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-32786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-32786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-32786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32786 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-xhq5-7429-4hrv.