CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-9774 — An issue existed with Siri Suggestions access to encrypted data

High CVSS 7.5

An issue existed with Siri Suggestions access to encrypted data. The issue was fixed by limiting access to encrypted data. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.3, Security Update 2020-001 Mojave, Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra. Encrypted data may be inappropriately accessed.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2020-10-27
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
apple/platform
Weaknesses
CWE-311

Affected products

  • apple / mac_os_x

Matched remediation archetype

Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation

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Check exposure

  • Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
  • Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
  • Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.

Remediate safely

  • Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
  • Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
  • Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.

Authoritative sources

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