CVE-2020-10010: Apple iPadOS

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

A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation. 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); from 10.14, before 10.14.6 (fixed in 10.14.6); from 10.15, before 10.15.7 (fixed in 10.15.7); version 10.14.6 only; version 10.15.7 only
• 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.