CVE-2019-8805: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A validation issue existed in the entitlement verification. This issue was addressed with improved validation of the process entitlement. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

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

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