CVE-2025-31275

Q: How do I fix CVE-2025-31275?

Upgrade macos to 15.6 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2025-31275 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-31275 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.20% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 10% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-31275?

CVE-2025-31275 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2025-31275 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for macos (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6. A sandboxed process may be able to launch any installed app.

CWE-274

How to fix

Remediation Available

macosNVD

Affected:< 15.6Fixed in:15.6CVE-2025-31275derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.apple.com

Other references1

seclists.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-35534	High	7.2	1.7%	-	-
CVE-2025-20156	Critical	9.9	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-35928	High	8.4	1.0%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-45101	High	7.3	0.8%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-32006	Medium	5.0	0.6%	-	-
CVE-2022-0668	Medium	5.3	0.6%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2025-31275?

Upgrade macos to 15.6 or later.

Is CVE-2025-31275 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2025-31275 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.20% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 10% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2025-31275?

CVE-2025-31275 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.2, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2025-31275 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for macos (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-03.