Critical 9.1Published Oct 22, 2020

CVE-2020-9868A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:23 AM ET)

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A certificate validation issue existed when processing administrator added certificates. This issue was addressed with improved certificate validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. An attacker may have been able to impersonate a trusted website using shared key material for an administrator added certificate.

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-295
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple ipados apple:ipados	before 13.6	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 13.6	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.15.6	NVD
apple tvos apple:tvos	before 13.4.8	NVD
apple watchos apple:watchos	before 6.2.8	NVD

References

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211288	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211290	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211291	vendor-advisory

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