What is CVE-2025-31201?
This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, tvOS 18.4.1, visionOS 2.4.1. An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on iOS.
The record classifies CVE-2025-31201 under weakness class CWE-1220. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 537 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 2025-04-17, federal remediation deadline 2025-05-08
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
- Published
- 2025-04-16, last modified 2026-04-02
Is CVE-2025-31201 being exploited?
CISA added CVE-2025-31201 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-04-17, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2025-05-08 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-31201 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 42 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Apple: iOS and iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS
How to fix CVE-2025-31201
Vendor advisory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282. Because CVE-2025-31201 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2025-05-08. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-31201
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-31201, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.