CVE-2020-9901: Apple iPadOS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% 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 iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8. A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 13.6 (fixed in 13.6)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 13.6 (fixed in 13.6)
• Apple Mac OS X: before 10.15.6 (fixed in 10.15.6)
• Apple tvOS: before 13.4.8 (fixed in 13.4.8)

Published 2020-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.