# CVE-2025-31201: Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write

> An attacker with arbitrary read and write capabilities can bypass Pointer Authentication on Apple operating systems, potentially facilitating sophisticated targeted attacks.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 17 Apr 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q4hh-vrvh-r4h7

## What is CVE-2025-31201?

CVE-2025-31201 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-1220 (Insufficient Granularity of Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31201?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Macos, Apple Tvos, Apple Visionos.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-31201?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 8 May 2025.

## Is CVE-2025-31201 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-31201 in the wild since at least 17 Apr 2025.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados

- [CVE-2025-43300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43300/): Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24201/): Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-24085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24085/): Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-31200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31200/): Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-22587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22587/): Apple Memory Corruption (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31201 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-31201 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 16 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-31201 in the wild since at least 17 Apr 2025.

Affected product: Apple Ipados. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31201
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31201
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31201

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31201/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.