CVE-2020-10003: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue existed within the path validation logic for symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved path sanitization. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 11.0.1 (fixed in 11.0.1)
• Apple tvOS: before 14.2 (fixed in 14.2)
• Apple watchOS: before 7.1 (fixed in 7.1)

Published 2020-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.