CVE record · CVE-2022-26769

Out-of-bounds write in Apple Security Update - Catalina and others

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.011 · 65th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: apple) at 26 May 2022, 19:24 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	Security Update - Catalina	affected unspecified to before 2022 custom
Apple	macOS	affected unspecified to before 11.6 custom
Apple	macOS	affected unspecified to before 12.4 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2022-26769
CNA: apple
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
Tags: Apple Security Update - Catalina
Apple macOS
Memory corruption
Published: 26 May 2022
Updated: 30 May 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	ADP (CISA-ADP)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.011, the 65th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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