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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8597

MacVim's configuration on macOS, specifically the presence of entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow", allows local attackers with unprivileged access (e.g.

Published Aug 26, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 26, 2025 · MacVim

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8597. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of MacVim is installed.

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
0.14%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor MacVim macvim 0 <r181.2

MacVim's configuration on macOS, specifically the presence of entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow", allows local attackers with unprivileged access (e.g. via a malicious application) to attach a debugger, read or modify the process memory, inject code in the application's context despite being signed with Hardened Runtime and bypass Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC). Acquired resource access is limited to previously granted permissions by the user. Access to other resources beyond granted permissions requires user interaction with a system prompt asking for permission. Accord

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor MacVim macvim 0 <r181.20 <r181.2

How to fix CVE-2025-8597

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-2025-8597. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of MacVim is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with MacVim macvim 0 <r181.2 0 <r181.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    MacVim's configuration on macOS, specifically the presence of entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow", allows local attackers with unprivileged access (e.g. via a malicious application) to attach a debugger, read or modify the process memory, inject code in the application's context despite being signed with Hardened Runtime and bypass Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC). Acquired res

  2. Aug 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    MacVim's configuration on macOS, specifically the presence of entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow", allows local attackers with unprivileged access (e.g. via a malicious application) to attach a debugger, read or modify the process memory, inject code in the application's context despite being signed with Hardened Runtime and bypass Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC). Acquired res

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8597

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8597

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25783

    MacVim's configuration on macOS, specifically the presence of entitlement "com.apple.security.get-task-allow", allows local attackers with unprivileged access (e.g. via a malicious application) to attach a debugger, read or modify the process memory, inject code in the applicatio

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026