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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-4280

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.8

CVSS Vector: 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

Affected Products

Vendor: Poedit

Product: Poedit

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 0.93% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-19 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4280
https://cert.pl/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
https://poedit.net
https://github.com/vslavik/poedit
https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/security/advisories/GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34

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