What is CVE-2025-8672?

CVE-2025-8672 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-8672?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-8672 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2025-8672

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.

Published 2025-08-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS
Gimp — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/gimp-macos-build (Product, product)
cert.pl/en/posts/2025/08/tcc-bypass/ (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.jamf.com/blog/zero-day-tcc-bypass-discovered-in-xcsset-malware/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13848 (issue-tracking, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8672?: CVE-2025-8672 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-8672?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-8672 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.