CVE-2021-1870

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 8%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited..

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS
94.1%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

April 2, 2021

Last Modified

October 23, 2025

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Jun 1, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
generic

WebkitGTK+: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-03) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-03
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.32.0-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3L6ZZOU5JS7E3RFYGLP7UFLXCG7TNLU/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.30.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JN6ZOD62CTO54CHTMJTHVEF6R2Y532TJ/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-1870(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuwebkit2gtk-driver (2.30.6-0ubuntu0.20.10.1) @ groovy2026-07-22ubuntu
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_92025-07-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.32.3-2.el82021-11-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 97× in last 7d / 399× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 715 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 01:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 23:26 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-22 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-07-22 19:09 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-22 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-22 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 14:50 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-22 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-22 10:29 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-22 10:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 06:11 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 06:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-22 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-22 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 21:35 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-21 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-21 17:15 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-21 17:15 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-21 17:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-21 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-07-21 12:58 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-21 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-21 08:39 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-21 08:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-21 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-21 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-21 00:02 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-21 00:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-20 19:44 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-20 19:44 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-20 19:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-20 15:27 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-20 15:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-20 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-20 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-20 06:46 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-20 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-20 02:02 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-20 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-19 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-19 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-19 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-19 17:26 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-19 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-19 13:08 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-19 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-19 08:51 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-19 08:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-19 04:34 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-07-19 04:34 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-19 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-07-19 00:15 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-07-19 00:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-07-18 19:58 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-07-18 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-07-18 15:40 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-07-18 15:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-07-18 11:22 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-07-18 11:22 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-18 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-18 10:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-18 07:05 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-07-18 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-07-18 02:47 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-07-18 02:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-07-17 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-07-17 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-07-17 18:11 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-07-17 18:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-17 13:52 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-07-17 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-07-17 09:34 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-07-17 09:34 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-07-17 09:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-17 05:16 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-17 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-17 00:59 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-17 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-16 20:40 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-07-16 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-07-16 16:22 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-16 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-07-16 12:03 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-16 12:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-16 07:45 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-07-16 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-16 03:28 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-07-16 03:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-15 23:10 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2021-1870?
CVE-2021-1870 is a critical vulnerability published on April 2, 2021. A logic issue was addressed with improved restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution. Apple is aware of a report that this…
When was CVE-2021-1870 disclosed?
CVE-2021-1870 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 2, 2021, with the most recent update on October 23, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-1870 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2021-1870 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-1870?
CVE-2021-1870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2021-1870?
CVE-2021-1870 affects Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2021-1870?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-1870, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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