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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.

Published May 22, 2025 · catalog updated May 22, 2025 · Poedit Poedit

Check this week

CVE-2025-4280 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Poedit Poedit.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
18.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Poedit Poedit 2.0 <3.6.3

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Poedit Poedit 2.0 <3.6.32.0 <3.6.3

How to fix CVE-2025-4280

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-4280 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Poedit Poedit.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Poedit Poedit 2.0 <3.6.3 2.0 <3.6.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 18.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 t

  2. May 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 t

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4280

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16108

    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, lever

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 22, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.