A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.5. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-8606

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-7h6r-9776-xcj9

Published

May 24, 2022 5:04 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:04 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 1, 2025 6:26 AM

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