Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2022-42861

iOS and iPadOS, macOS Monterey, and macOS Ventura App Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

Published Dec 13, 2022 · catalog updated Dec 13, 2022 · Apple

Patch now

CVE-2022-42861 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Apple against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.28%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Apple ipados

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Apple ipadosversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-42861

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-42861 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Apple against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 13, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

  2. Dec 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-42861

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-42861

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-42861

    This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2, macOS Monterey 12.6.2, macOS Ventura 13.1, iOS 15.7.2 and iPadOS 15.7.2. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.