CVE-2021-31010

criticalknown exploitedcovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2022-08-25

Actively exploited. CVE-2021-31010 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-25) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.

In affected versions of Apple iOS, macOS, and watchOS, a sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions.

CSIRTS triage

What: A sandboxed process may circumvent sandbox restrictions in affected versions of Apple operating systems.
Who is affected: Users of affected versions of iOS, macOS, and watchOS.
Urgency: Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action: Update to the latest versions of iOS, macOS, and watchOS.

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Exploitation outlook

Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 88% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

criticalexploitedCVE-2021-31010: Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS Sandbox Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-08-25

External references

NVD record for CVE-2021-31010

CVE.org record

CISA KEV catalog

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