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CVE-2022-22585
An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is…
High7.5EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3, watchOS 8.4, tvOS 15.3, macOS Monterey 12.2, macOS Big Sur 11.6.3. An application may be able to access a user's files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- An application may be able to access a user's files
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213055 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213053 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213054 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213057 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-22585)Record last updated .