CVE-2022-32868 — A logic issue was addressed with improved state management

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. A website may be able to track users through Safari web extensions.

01What is this vulnerability?

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Safari 16, iOS 16, iOS 15.7 and iPadOS 15.7. A website may be able to track users through Safari web extensions.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified
Apple	Safari	unspecified
Apple	iOS and iPadOS	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T07:54:03.066Z

09References

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213446
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213445
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213442
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/39
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/40
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/50