CVE-2022-32938

A parsing issue in the handling of directory paths was addressed with improved path validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. A shortcut may be able to check the existence of an arbitrary path on the file system.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos::::::::

History

06 May 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-22

21 Nov 2024, 07:07

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 - Vendor Advisory

02 Nov 2022, 17:21

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 -~~	(MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 -~~	(MISC) https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.3
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipad_os::::::::

01 Nov 2022, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-11-01 20:15

Updated : 2025-05-06 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-32938

Mitre link : CVE-2022-32938

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-32938

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

macos
ipados
iphone_os

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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