An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-9900

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-24hp-jpqm-m2j2

Published

May 24, 2022 5:32 PM

Last Modified

January 9, 2023 6:30 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 15, 2025 6:32 AM

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