CVE-2025-8672CWE-276

TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter in GIMP.app

Medium · published August 11, 2025

CVSS v4.0
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00343 · 26.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-276 · Incorrect Default Permissions
Published
2025-08-11T12:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 12:21Z
    TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter in GIMP.app
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