CVE-2019-8606: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.14.5 (fixed in 10.14.5)

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