CVE-2022-26690
Published: 26 May 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-26690 is a medium-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Apple Macos. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-31240
Vulnerability details
Description: A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.3. A malicious application may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.
Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.