Vulnerability · Published Jan 22, 2026 · Assigned by CERT-PL
CVE-2025-15523TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter in Inkscape.app
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect default permissions in Inkscape from Inkscape. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
MacOS version of Inkscape 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 Inkscape, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent. This issue has been fixed in 1.4.3 version of Inkscape.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | inkscape | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | inkscape | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | inkscape | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | inkscape | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | inkscape | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-276 · 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
References
- https://inkscape.org/ product
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/01/CVE-2025-15523/ third-party-advisory