CVE-2025-8672

Name
CVE-2025-8672
Description
MacOS version of GIMP 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 GIMP, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent. This issue has been fixed in 3.1.4.2 version of GIMP.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
third-party-advisory https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/tcc-bypass/
issue-tracking https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13848
product https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/gimp-macos-build
technical-description https://www.jamf.com/blog/zero-day-tcc-bypass-discovered-in-xcsset-malware/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
gimp >= 0 < 3.1.4.2
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* gimp >= 3.0.2 < 3.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* gimp >= 3.0.2 <= None

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
gimp edge-community 3.0.4-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 3.0.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 3.0.2-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 3.0.0-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 2.10.38-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 2.10.36-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp edge-community 2.8.22-r2 None possibly vulnerable
gimp 3.23-community 3.0.4-r1 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp 3.22-community 3.0.4-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp 3.22-community 2.10.38-r3 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> possibly vulnerable
gimp 3.22-community 2.10.36-r0 None possibly vulnerable
gimp 3.22-community 2.8.22-r2 None possibly vulnerable