CVE-2025-8672

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/tcc-bypass/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13848
https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/gimp-macos-build
https://www.jamf.com/blog/zero-day-tcc-bypass-discovered-in-xcsset-malware/

Configurations

No configuration.

History

11 Aug 2025, 13:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-11 13:15

Updated : 2025-08-11 18:32

NVD link : CVE-2025-8672

Mitre link : CVE-2025-8672

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-8672

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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