How severe is CVE-2021-1782?

CVE-2021-1782 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-1782: Apple Multiple Products Race Condition Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Apple Multiple Products Race Condition Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1782

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 14, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2021-1782 to the KEV catalog 215 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 95 Apple entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 23 added in 2021.
Its current EPSS score (2.2%) is higher than that of 9% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Apple	Apple iOS and iPadOS	unspecified to <14.4
Apple	Apple macOS	unspecified to <11.2
Apple	Apple macOS	unspecified to <7.3
Apple	Apple macOS	unspecified to <14.4

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Record Details

Published

2021-04-02

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

apple

Credited to

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