CVE-2019-8788: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue existed in the parsing of URLs. This issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Improper URL processing may lead to data exfiltration.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 13.2 (fixed in 13.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 13.2 (fixed in 13.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.15.1 (fixed in 10.15.1)

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