Security fix · CVE-2025-31185
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks.
Published May 19, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 2, 2026 · Apple iOS and iPadOS
- Severity
- Low3.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.2%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 <18.3
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
Technical analysis
Mechanism and impact are interpreted from ingested advisories — not independent exploit research.
CWE classification
No CWE identifiers stored yet.
Prerequisites and impact
Follow the original vendor advisory for access prerequisites and impact. This catalog does not invent exploit conditions.
How to fix CVE-2025-31185
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three reads of the same public record: the decision, the versions on file, and the signals. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch. This page does not publish exploit steps.
Executive
This is a public record, not a confirmed incident. CVE-2025-31185 is a low issue in Apple iOS and iPadOS (CVSS 3.3). CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Next step: Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.
System administrator
Check whether Apple iOS and iPadOS is installed. Ranges on record: Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 <18.3 (0 <18.3). Compare installed versions with the linked vendor advisory before changing production.
Security analyst
CVSS 3.3. EPSS 0.2%. CISA does not currently list it as known exploited. Weaknesses: not classified. Sources: epss, euvd. Exploit links, when listed below, point at the original publisher.
Related intelligence
Exploitation evidence
Not listed as known exploited in CISA KEV. Not in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV.
Safe detection guidance
Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 19, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
Apr 2, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
Affected versions
Enter an installed version to get a verified affected / not-affected result against the ranges below.
- vendor Apple iOS and iPadOS 0 <18.30 <18.3
Sources
- FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31185
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15733
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3. Photos in the Hidden Photos Album may be viewed without authentication.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.