CVE-2025-31182criticalCWE-862

CVE-2025-31182: critical vulnerability in Apple macOS

Published 31 Mar 2025 · Updated 08 Jul 2026

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28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 1.3%

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/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Apple · iOS and iPadOS Apple · macOS Apple · tvOS Apple · visionOS Apple · watchOS

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References

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 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122371 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375 https://support.apple.com/en-us/122376