Vulnerability in Apple Ipados (CVE-2022-40304)
Summary
Vulnerability in Apple Ipados (CVE-2022-40304). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-40304 has been found in Apple Ipados.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Apple Ipados CVE-2022-40304" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2022-40304 (Apple Ipados) — CWE-415 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
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-415) exists in Apple Ipados.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Apple Ipados.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
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 'Ipados' . 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 'Ipados' . | 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
Ipados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-2022-40304 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.9.14-r2
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40304 libxml2 Fixed in: 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u3
References
- advisory gitlab.gnome.org
- advisory support.apple.com
- advisory support.apple.com
- advisory support.apple.com
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- advisory support.apple.com
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory seclists.org
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- advisory security.netapp.com
- patch gitlab.gnome.org
- patch gitlab.gnome.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web security.netapp.com
- web seclists.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
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- web github.com