PT-2025-20799 · Apple · Apple Macos

Published 2025-05-12 · Updated 2025-05-13 · CVE-2025-31259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 15.5

Description The issue was addressed with improved input sanitization. An app may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 15.5, update to macOS Sequoia 15.5 to resolve the issue.

Fix

LPE

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-11519

CVE-2025-31259

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 17

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-11519 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31259 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/724709 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/721032 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/122716 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1922046727013474500 · Twitter Post
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/May/7 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-31259 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111 · Note
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54 · Note