CVE-2019-8790

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2019-8790 · Published 27/10/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-8790 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting swift (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.35%, higher than 28.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 5.1.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
swift apple	`< 5.1.1`	`5.1.1`

Description

This issue was addresses by updating incorrect URLSession file descriptors management logic to match Swift 5.0. This issue is fixed in Swift 5.1.1 for Ubuntu. Incorrect management of file descriptors in URLSession could lead to inadvertent data disclosure.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT210647 · Release Notes

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