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CVE-2021-31010

7.5, high Known exploited

Apple iOS, macOS, watchOS Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
4% higher than 89.5% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
24 Aug 20215 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 25 Aug 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 15 Sept 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

A deserialization issue was addressed through improved validation. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2021-005 Catalina, iOS 12.5.5, iOS 14.8 and iPadOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, watchOS 7.6.2. A sandboxed process may be able to circumvent sandbox restrictions. Apple was aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited at the time of release..

Details

Vendor
Apple
Product
macOS
Weakness
CWE-502 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
product-security@apple.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References 6

Advisories 5

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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  • CVE-2025-43520 Apple Multiple Products Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.4% 5.5, medium
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  • CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 32% 10, critical

Beyond this page

Is CVE-2021-31010 in your network?

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CVE-2021-31010 is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities: attackers are already exploiting it.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.