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CVE-2022-46689

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-15
  • Fixed in13.1 · 12.6.2 · 11.7.2
  • WeaknessCWE-362

Am I affected?

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Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-1519:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-46689?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Apple macos
BranchAffectedFixed in
13.x≥ 13.0, < 13.113.1
12.x≥ 12.0, < 12.6.212.6.2
11.7< 11.7.211.7.2
Apple iphone os
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.x≥ 16.0, < 16.1.216.1.2
15.7< 15.7.215.7.2
Apple ipados
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.7< 15.7.215.7.2

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA6 products

As apple, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Apple macOS
    Affected
    • < 11.7fixed in 11.7custom
  • Apple tvOS
    Affected
    • < 16.2fixed in 16.2custom
  • Apple tvOS
    Affected
    • < 13.1fixed in 13.1custom
  • Apple tvOS
    Affected
    • < 12.6fixed in 12.6custom
  • Apple tvOS
    Affected
    • < 15.7fixed in 15.7custom
  • Apple watchOS
    Affected
    • < 9.2fixed in 9.2custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-12-21

Fix

  1. Update Apple macos to 13.1 · 12.6.2 · 11.7.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
13 repositories, unverifiedzhuowei/MacDirtyCowDemoahkecha/McDirtystraight-tamago/NoCameraSoundginsudev/WDBFontOverwritemineek/FileManager
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/osx/local/mac_dirty_cowrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2022-12-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-335h-x4pf-hpc2

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46689?

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, watchOS 9.2. An app may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Is CVE-2022-46689 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-46689 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 48.2% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-46689?

CVE-2022-46689 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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