CVE-2020-29633
An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass authentication policy.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, macOS Big Sur 11.1, Security Update 2020-001 Catalina, Security Update 2020-007 Mojave. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to bypass authentication policy.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 65th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/macos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 1.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212011Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.