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CVE-2021-31007

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Description: A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 15.1 and iPadOS 15.1, tvOS 15.1, macOS Big Sur 11.6.2, watchOS 8.1, macOS Monterey 12.1. A malicious application may be able to bypass Privacy preferences.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 15.1 — fixed in 15.1
• Apple Iphone Os: before 15.1 — fixed in 15.1
• Apple macOS: from 11.0 before 11.6.2; from 12.0.0 before 12.1 — fixed in 11.6.2, 12.1
• Apple tvOS: before 15.1 — fixed in 15.1
• Apple watchOS: before 8.1 — fixed in 8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 15.1; Apple Iphone Os 15.1; Apple macOS 11.6.2, 12.1; Apple tvOS 15.1; Apple watchOS 8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212867
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212867
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212874
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212876
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212978
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212979

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