{"id":"CVE-2022-32786","published":"2022-09-23T18:59:01Z","modified":"2025-05-22T19:10:42Z","title":"An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation","vendor":"Apple","product":"macOS","tier":"tail","description":{"text":"An issue in the handling of environment variables was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-005 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.8, macOS Monterey 12.5. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","provenance":"source","from":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment"},"epss":{"score":0.03023,"percentile":0.8741,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"references":[{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213345","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213344","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213343","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"priority":{"score":21.3,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":17.48},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":3.85}]},"vendorSlug":"apple","affectedVersions":[{"vendor":"Apple","product":"macOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 12.5"]},{"vendor":"Apple","product":"macOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 11.6"]},{"vendor":"Apple","product":"macOS","versions":[">= unspecified, < 2022"]}],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2022-35852","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"},"lineage":{"familyId":"fam-class-apple-ios-macos-cwe-20"}}