A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 12.3, macOS Mojave 10.14.5, tvOS 12.3, watchOS 5.2.1. A local user may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-8568

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-q7gv-xfx9-7f68

Published

May 24, 2022 5:04 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:04 PM

CVSS Score

2.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

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