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CVE-2021-1801

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

This issue was addressed with improved iframe sandbox enforcement. 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. Maliciously crafted web content may violate iframe sandboxing policy.

Affected products

• Apple Ipad Os: before 14.4 — fixed in 14.4
• Apple Iphone Os: before 14.4 — fixed in 14.4
• Apple macOS: from 11.0.1 before 11.2 — fixed in 11.2
• Apple tvOS: before 14.4 — fixed in 14.4
• Apple watchOS: before 7.3 — fixed in 7.3
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33
• Webkit: before 2.30.6 — fixed in 2.30.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Ipad Os 14.4; Apple Iphone Os 14.4; Apple macOS 11.2; Apple tvOS 14.4; Apple watchOS 7.3; Webkit 2.30.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212148
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212149
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147

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