Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2025 · Assigned by CERT-PL
CVE-2025-10015TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Sparkle from Sparkle Project. 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 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sparkle Project | Sparkle | 0 – before 2.7.2 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · 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://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/09/CVE-2025-10015 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle product
- https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/discussions/2764 vendor-advisory