CVE-2019-8531
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 27, 2020 at 08:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendormacOSiPhone OSwatchOS
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
A validation issue existed in Trust Anchor Management. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in watchOS 5.2, macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra, iOS 12.2. An untrusted radius server certificate may be trusted.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 12.2
Affected range stops below 12.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 10.14v < 10.14.4v < 5.2
Affected range stops below 10.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.14.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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