CVE ID | CVE-2025-4280 |
Publication date | 22 May 2025 |
Vendor | Poedit |
Product | Poedit |
Vulnerable versions | From 2.0 to 3.6.3 |
Vulnerability type (CWE) | Incorrect Default Permissions (CWE-276) |
Report source | Report to CERT Polska |
Description
CERT Polska has received a report about vulnerability in Poedit software and participated in coordination of its disclosure.
The vulnerability CVE-2025-4280: 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.
Credits
We thank Karol Mazurek - Afine Team for the responsible vulnerability report.
More about the coordinated vulnerability disclosure process at CERT Polska can be found at https://cert.pl/en/cvd/.