Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2025 · Assigned by apple

CVE-2025-31258

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in macOS from Apple. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.5. An app may be able to break out of its sandbox.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apple	macOS	0 – before 15.5

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/7