Vulnerability in Apple macOS (CVE-2022-32208)
Summary
Vulnerability in Apple macOS (CVE-2022-32208). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
When curl < 7.84.0 does FTP transfers secured by krb5, it handles message verification failures wrongly. This flaw makes it possible for a Man-In-The-Middle attack to go unnoticed and even allows it to inject data to the client.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-32208 has been found in Apple macOS.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Apple macOS CVE-2022-32208" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-32208 (Apple macOS) — CWE-840 / CVSS v3 5.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-840) exists in Apple macOS.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Apple macOS.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'macOS' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'macOS' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
macOSを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2022-32208 curl Fixed in: 7.79.1-r2
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32208 curl Fixed in: 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u2
References
- advisory debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory support.apple.com
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- exploit hackerone.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com