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CVE-2019-8548
An issue existed where partially entered passcodes may not clear when the device went to sleep. This issue was addressed by clearing the…
- 2.4LowCVSS base score
- 0.29%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 78% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An issue existed where partially entered passcodes may not clear when the device went to sleep. This issue was addressed by clearing the passcode when a locked device sleeps. This issue is fixed in watchOS 5.2. A partially entered passcode may not clear when the device goes to sleep.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low2.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.4.
Affected products
References
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- https://support.apple.com/HT209602 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-17938 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-8548)Record last updated .