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Medium · 5.5 Public exploit CVE-2022-26766 EUVD-2022-31316GHSA-cjx9-rgqh-q7cc

A certificate parsing issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, Security Update…

Published May 26, 2022 · Updated May 30, 2025 · Assigned by apple

Description

A certificate parsing issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.5, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, Security Update 2022-004 Catalina, watchOS 8.6, macOS Big Sur 11.6.6, macOS Monterey 12.4. A malicious app may be able to bypass signature validation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apple watchOS unspecified – < 8.6, unspecified – < 15.5, unspecified – < 2022, unspecified – < 11.6, unspecified – < 12.4 8.6

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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