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CVE-2025-31199 is a privacy-impacting flaw in Apple Spotlight affecting macOS, and also addressed by Apple in iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS updates. Apple characterized the issue as a logging problem resolved through improved data redaction. Public reporting indicates the flaw could be abused as a Transparency, Consent, and Control bypass on macOS by leveraging Spotlight importers, which process and index file contents for search. By modifying Spotlight importer bundles and causing Spotlight to scan attacker-selected content, an attacker could cause sensitive file contents and related metadata to be written to logs in insufficiently redacted form. This could expose data from TCC-protected locations and cached Apple Intelligence data without the user’s consent.
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A logging/data redaction issue that may allow an app to access sensitive user data on Apple Vision Pro.
A macOS vulnerability (Sploitlight) allowing bypass of TCC security checks to steal sensitive user data via malicious Spotlight plugins.
A macOS TCC bypass and information disclosure vulnerability involving Spotlight plugins and logging that can expose sensitive user data, including Apple Intelligence cached information.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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