CVE-2020-9846 Information disclosure in macOS

What is CVE-2020-9846?

CVE-2020-9846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 27 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.0.1. A malicious application may be able to access local users' Apple IDs.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9846?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2020-9846?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-9846 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Macos

• CVE-2026-65400 Apple macOS Improper Authentication Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-44146 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-44148 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j82c-6hc3-3qc4.