Medium 5.5Published Dec 8, 2020

CVE-2020-9989The issue was addressed with improved deletion.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 12:20 AM ET)

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The issue was addressed with improved deletion. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, watchOS 7.0, iOS 14.0 and iPadOS 14.0. A local user may be able to discover a user’s deleted messages.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): Not given
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 14.0	NVD
apple iphone_os apple:iphone_os	before 14.0	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 11.0.1	NVD
apple watchos apple:watchos	before 7.0	NVD

References

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211844	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211850	vendor-advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211931	vendor-advisory

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