CVE-2019-8703 — This issue was addressed with improved entitlements

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CRITICAL

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements

Published Dec 23, 2021

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.37%

Description

This issue was addressed with improved entitlements. This issue is fixed in watchOS 6, tvOS 13, macOS Catalina 10.15, iOS 13. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <13
Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <10.15
Vendor Apple Product tvOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <13
Vendor Apple Product watchOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <6

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<13

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<10.15

Apple

tvOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<13

Apple

watchOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<6

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.37% 0.01371

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01371

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.37% (0.01371)	70.99th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.37% (0.01371)	68.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.87% (0.00868)	73.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.32% (0.00321)	71.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 3, 2024	0.25% (0.00250)	65.24th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.22% (0.00225)	60.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00173)	52.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.15% (0.00153)	0.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 24, 2021	1.04% (0.01040)	65.46th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Dec 23, 2021

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Feb 18, 2019

Link CVE-2019-8703

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-8703

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-8703