VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-31182
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.21%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This issue was addressed with improved handling of symlinks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, macOS Ventura 13.7.5, tvOS 18.4, visionOS 2.4, watchOS 11.4. An app may be able to delete files for which it does not have permission.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/visionos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122376
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122377Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/122378Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/12
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/13
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/4
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.