# CVE-2022-26765: A race condition was addressed with improved state handling.

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.6, 15.5, 12.4
- Published: 2022-05-26 · Updated: 2025-05-30

## Affected

- Apple watchOS: fixed in 8.6
- Apple watchOS: fixed in 15.5
- Apple watchOS: fixed in 12.4
- Apple watchOS: fixed in 15.5

## Description

A race condition was addressed with improved state handling. This issue is fixed in watchOS 8.6, tvOS 15.5, macOS Monterey 12.4, iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5. A malicious attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple watchOS, upgrade to a fixed version (8.6, 15.5, 12.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213258
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213253
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213254
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213257

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