CVE-2022-32905 — This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks

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HIGH

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks

Published Nov 1, 2022

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.29%

Description

This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13. Processing a maliciously crafted DMG file may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <13

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<13

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00294

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00294

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.29% (0.00294)	19.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.28% (0.00280)	19.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00056)	14.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00065)	30.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 24, 2024	0.07% (0.00065)	28.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 13, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	25.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00055)	21.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.04% (0.01036)	43.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Nov 3, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	41.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Nov 2, 2022	2.56% (0.02559)	81.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (1)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
Vendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488		Vendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Nov 1, 2022

Updated May 6, 2025

Reserved Jun 9, 2022

Link CVE-2022-32905

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated May 6, 2025

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-32905

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-32905