Vulnerability · Published May 19, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-31262

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect permission assignment in iOS and iPadOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3, macOS Sequoia 15.3, tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, watchOS 11.3. An app may be able to modify protected parts of the file system.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 – before 18.3
Apple macOS 0 – before 15.3
Apple tvOS 0 – before 18.3
Apple visionOS 0 – before 2.3
Apple watchOS 0 – before 11.3

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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