High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-8802

Description

A validation issue was addressed with improved logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1. A malicious application may be able to gain root privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified
Apple Inc./macOS Catalinallm-fuzzy
Range: =10.15.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.15.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.apple.com/HT210722nvdVendor Advisory

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