CVE-2019-8789: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.3% 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 iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2, macOS Catalina 10.15.1. Parsing a maliciously crafted iBooks file may lead to disclosure of user information.

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.