CVE-2025-4280

NameCVE-2025-4280
DescriptionMacOS 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poedit (PTS)bullseye2.4.2-1fixed
bookworm3.2.2-1fixed
trixie3.6.1-1fixed
sid3.6.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
poeditsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- poedit <not-affected> (Specific to MacOS package)
https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/security/advisories/GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34

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