CVE-2025-31228 — Improper Authentication in Apple IOS AND Ipados

CWE-287 — Improper AuthenticationCWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion6 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple IOS AND IpadosApple IpadosApple Iphone OS
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The issue was addressed with improved authentication. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5, iPadOS 17.7.7. An attacker with physical access to a device may be able to access notes from the lock screen.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5apple/ipados< 17.7.7
▶NVDapple/ipados18.0 — 18.5+1
▶CVEListV5apple/ios_and_ipados< 18.5
▶NVDapple/iphone_os< 18.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h5hr-h582-r8wp: The issue was addressed with improved authentication↗2025-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2025-31228: The issue was addressed with improved authentication↗2025-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2025-31228: iPadOS 17.7.7↗2025-05-12
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Apple
CVE-2025-31228: iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5↗2025-05-12
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Microsoft
Denial-of-service due to unbounded pattern matching in Redis↗2024-10-08
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