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CVE-2022-22621 — This issue was addressed with improved checks

Medium CVSS 4.6

This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in tvOS 15.4, iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4, macOS Monterey 12.3, watchOS 8.5. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to see sensitive information via keyboard suggestions.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.6 (3.1)
Published
2022-03-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
apple/platform

Affected products

  • apple / ipados
  • apple / iphone_os
  • apple / macos
  • apple / tvos
  • apple / watchos

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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