CVE-2025-31201: Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write Vulnerability

Vendor

Apple

Product

Multiple Products

Added to the catalog

2025-04-17

Due date for US federal agencies

2025-05-08

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other Apple products contain an arbitrary read and write vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass Pointer Authentication.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31201

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2025-04-16T19:15:54.673

Last modified

2026-06-17T09:10:00.800

Weaknesses

CWE-1220

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.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/26 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jun/14 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/0 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/3 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Oct/4 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
• https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-Attack-Chain-CVE-2025-31200-CVE-2025-31201/blob/main/Remote%20Crypto%20Attack%20Chain%20.md (Broken Link, Exploit)
• https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/issues/200 (Issue Tracking)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31201 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

apple

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2025-04-16T18:24:31.230Z

Updated

2026-04-02T18:24:41.543Z

Problem types

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.

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.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122282
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122400
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122401
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122402

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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