CVE-2025-4280

Name
CVE-2025-4280
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
third-party-advisory https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
third-party-advisory https://cert.pl/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
product https://github.com/vslavik/poedit
third-party-advisory https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/security/advisories/GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34
product https://poedit.net

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
poedit >= 2.0 < 3.6.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
poedit edge-community 3.5.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
poedit edge-community 3.5.2-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
poedit 3.22-community 3.5.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
poedit 3.22-community 3.5.2-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable