CVE-2019-8522: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Mojave 10.14.4. An encrypted volume may be unmounted and remounted by a different user without prompting for the password.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.14.4 (fixed in 10.14.4)

Published 2019-12-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.