AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter XPC Service com.apphousekitchen.aldente-pro.helper shouldAcceptNewConnection improper authorization

published 2025-02-06 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-1992

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability has been found in AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter up to 1.29 on macOS and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function shouldAcceptNewConnection of the file com.apphousekitchen.aldente-pro.helper of the component XPC Service. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.30 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and acted very professional.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-06)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

winslow1984.com https://winslow1984.com/books/cve-collection/page/aldente-charge-limiter-130-unauthorized-privileged-hardware-operations referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	4.3	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CNA	4.0	4.8	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter

Classification

Weakness

CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

winslow1984.com /books/cve-collection/page/aldente-charge-limiter-130-unauthorized-privileged-hardware-operations
exploit
vuldb.com /?id.294844
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /?ctiid.294844
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /?submit.492529
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-1078
NVD CVE-2025-1078

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Summary