Apple Safari: A website may be able to spoof the domain name in the title of a pop-up…
Priority LOW 20CWE-451Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-451.
Summary
A spoofing issue was addressed with improved truncation when displaying the fully qualified domain name. This issue is fixed in Safari 18.5, macOS Sequoia 15.5. A website may be able to spoof the domain name in the title of a pop-up window.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00242 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Safari (Apple): 18.5macOS (Apple): 15.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Safari | before 18.5 | 18.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| Apple | macOS | before 15.5 | 15.5 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Safari (Apple) Fixed in 18.5
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 15.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-31266
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x9f-jgfq-gjmx
References
More Apple Macos vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46583 Improper authentication in Apple macOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-28008 Out-of-bounds write in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-22441 Apple iOS and iPadOS: An attacker with arbitrary read and write capability may be able to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-22440 Memory corruption in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17951 Out-of-bounds write in Apple Safari KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-17847 Use after free in Apple iOS and iPadOS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-31266 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-31266 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3x9f-jgfq-gjmx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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