CVE-2022-26707
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This...
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
- Record
CVE-2022-26707- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
- Record
CVE-2022-26707- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31257
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
- Record
EUVD-2022-31257- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-74v5-x8gw-q8f8
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This...
An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.4. A user may be able to view sensitive user information.
- Record
GHSA-74v5-x8gw-q8f8- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-26707 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Macos, published September 23, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.