CVE-2020-3838: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The issue was addressed with improved permissions logic. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.3.1 and iPadOS 13.3.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.3, tvOS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 13.3.1 (fixed in 13.3.1)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 13.3.1 (fixed in 13.3.1)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.14.6 (fixed in 10.14.6); from 10.15, before 10.15.3 (fixed in 10.15.3); version 10.14.6 only
• Apple tvOS: before 13.3.1 (fixed in 13.3.1)
• Apple watchOS: before 6.1.2 (fixed in 6.1.2)

Published 2020-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.