CVE-2025-10015

TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSparkle

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Sparkle framework includes an XPC service Downloader.xpc, by default this service is private to the application its bundled with. A local unprivileged attacker can register this XPC service globally which will inherit TCC permissions of the application. Lack of validation of connecting client allows the attacker to copy TCC-protected files to an arbitrary location. Access to other resources beyond granted-permissions requires user interaction with a system prompt asking for permission. This issue was fixed in version 2.7.2

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0 ≤ v < 2.7.20
Affected range stops below 2.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.8MEDIUMCERT-PL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-863

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