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CVE-2017-6988

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "802.1X" component. It allows remote attackers to discover the network credentials of arbitrary users by operating a crafted network that requires 802.1X authentication, because EAP-TLS certificate validation mishandles certificate changes.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.12.4

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
• https://support.apple.com/HT207797
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
• https://support.apple.com/HT207797

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