Medium
Security advisory
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-26691
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
osv:CVE-2022-26691
Complete source record
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