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CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild, which means an attacker with a working chain can read and write memory on affected devices.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":null,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2025-04-17T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Apple Multiple Products","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"apple macos","fixed":["15.4.1"],"affected":">= 15.0, < 15.4.1","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"apple tvos","fixed":["18.4.1"],"affected":"< 18.4.1","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"apple visionos","fixed":["2.4.1"],"affected":"< 2.4.1","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"apple ipados","fixed":["18.4.1"],"affected":"< 18.4.1","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"apple iphone os","fixed":["18.4.1"],"affected":"< 18.4.1","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["apple","exploited","ios","ipados","macos","vendor"],"not_affected_if":["unpatched-versions-not-in-scope"],"how_to_check":"Check the installed OS version under Settings > General > About (iOS/iPadOS) or Apple menu > About This Mac (macOS) against Apple's security notes for CVE-2025-31201.","fix":"Update iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple products to a version Apple lists as fixed for CVE-2025-31201.","status":"open","published_at":"2025-04-16T19:15:54+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T20:48:46+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T20:48:46Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Update iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple products to a version Apple lists as fixed for CVE-2025-31201.\nunknown","reach":"unknown","summary":"Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple products have an arbitrary read and write bug that lets an attacker bypass Pointer Authentication. 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