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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62686

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS.

Published Dec 3, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 27, 2026 · A local privilege escalation

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62686. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of A local privilege escalation is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A local privilege escalation).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.2
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
cpe plugin-alliance/installation manager · vendor n/a n/a n/a

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges.

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  • cpe plugin-alliance/installation manager1.4.0
  • vendor n/a n/a n/an/a

How to fix CVE-2025-62686

What to do

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

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62686. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of A local privilege escalation is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with plugin-alliance/installation manager 1.4.0; n/a n/a n/a n/a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. EPSS 0.19%. 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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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 3, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges

  2. Oct 27, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES environment variable to inject a dynamic library, potentially resulting in code execution with elevated privileges

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62686

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-200988

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBR

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62686

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Plugin Alliance InstallationHelper service included with Plugin Alliance Installation Manager v1.4.0 on macOS. Due to the absence of a hardened runtime and a __RESTRICT segment, a local user may exploit the DYLD_INSERT_LIBR

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • EUVDOct 27, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 27, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 27, 2026