CVE-2020-9934
Published 2020-10-16 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source product-security@apple.com
Summary
CVE-2020-9934 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 8, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by September 29, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Apple has 96 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 96 known-exploited Apple vulnerabilities →Description
An issue existed in the handling of environment variables. This issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to view sensitive user information.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Apple — iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
Name: Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Input Validation Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-09-08 · Due: 2022-09-29
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

