CVE-2025-4280 json
TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter in Poedit.app
published 2025-05-22 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16108
- cvss
- 4.8
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
MacOS version of Poedit bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions granted by the user to the main application bundle. An attacker with local user access can invoke this interpreter with arbitrary commands or scripts, leveraging the application's previously granted TCC permissions to access user's files in privacy-protected folders without triggering user prompts. Accessing other resources beyond previously granted TCC permissions will prompt the user for approval in the name of Poedit, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent.
This issue has been fixed in 3.6.3 version of Poedit.
Patch / fix
- Poedit Poedit 3.6.3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
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:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 4.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/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
- Poedit Poedit
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
References
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cert.pl
/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
third-party-advisory
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cert.pl
/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
third-party-advisory
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poedit.net
product
-
github.com
/vslavik/poedit
product
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github.com
/vslavik/poedit/security/advisories/GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-4280
- NVD CVE-2025-4280
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