About the security content of Xcode 12.4

This document describes the security content of Xcode 12.4.

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Xcode 12.4

Released January 26, 2021

Xcode IDE

Available for: macOS Catalina 10.15.4 and later

Impact: A malicious application may be able to access arbitrary files on the host device while running an app that uses on-demand resources with Xcode

Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.

CVE-2021-1800: Theodore Dubois (@tblodt)

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Published Date: January 26, 2021