---
id: "CVE-2025-31201"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-31201"]
title: "This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
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"]
published_at: "2025-04-16T19:15:54+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-31201", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31201", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00"}]
---

# This issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code

Apple iOS, iPadOS, macOS and other Apple products have an arbitrary read and write bug that lets an attacker bypass Pointer Authentication. 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.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Apple Multiple Products affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:apple macos affected >= 15.0, < 15.4.1 fixed 15.4.1
- vendor:apple tvos affected < 18.4.1 fixed 18.4.1
- vendor:apple visionos affected < 2.4.1 fixed 2.4.1
- vendor:apple ipados affected < 18.4.1 fixed 18.4.1
- vendor:apple iphone os affected < 18.4.1 fixed 18.4.1

## 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.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-31201
- 2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31201

## From the sources

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.

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