CVE-2025-31228: Apple iPadOS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 17.7.7 (fixed in 17.7.7); from 18.0, before 18.5 (fixed in 18.5)
• Apple iPhone OS: before 18.5 (fixed in 18.5)

Published 2025-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.