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CVE-2020-27902 — An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management

Medium CVSS 4.6

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2. A person with physical access to an iOS device may be able to access stored passwords without authentication.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.6 (3.1)
Published
2020-12-08
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
apple/platform
Weaknesses
CWE-306

Affected products

  • apple / ipados
  • apple / iphone_os

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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