Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2020 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2020-9868

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in iOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates. This issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. 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. An attacker may have been able to impersonate a trusted website using shared key material for an administrator added certificate.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	iOS	unspecified – before iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6
Apple	macOS	unspecified – before macOS Catalina 10.15.6
Apple	tvOS	unspecified – before tvOS 13.4.8
Apple	watchOS	unspecified – before watchOS 6.2.8

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290 x_refsource_MISC
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291 x_refsource_MISC