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CVE-2025-15523

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

4.8 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.16%Up 0.2 points since Jan 23, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.8

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

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.

Record
CVE-2025-15523
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-4154 4.8

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-4154
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2rgp-qxg7-fcg5 4.8

MacOS version of Inkscape bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent,...

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.

Record
GHSA-2rgp-qxg7-fcg5
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 4.8

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.

Record
CVE-2025-15523
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 4.8

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

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.

Record
CVE-2025-15523
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness
CWE-276
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523 4.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15523
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
inkscape
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.91-5ubuntu20.91-6ubuntu20.91-6ubuntu50.91-7ubuntu10.91-7ubuntu2
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.92.2-1build10.92.2-20.92.2-30.92.2-3build10.92.3~pre0-10.92.3-1
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.92.4-40.92.4-4build20.92.4-5ubuntu20.92.4-5ubuntu3.10.92.4-5ubuntu50.92.5-1ubuntu10.92.5-1ubuntu1.1
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.1.1-2ubuntu11.1.1-2ubuntu41.1.1-3ubuntu11.1.1-3ubuntu21.1.2-1ubuntu11.1.2-3ubuntu1
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.2.2-2ubuntu41.2.2-2ubuntu51.2.2-2ubuntu61.2.2-2ubuntu71.2.2-2ubuntu101.2.2-2ubuntu111.2.2-2ubuntu12
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.2.2-8build11.4-6ubuntu11.4.2-0ubuntu11.4.2-0ubuntu31.4.2-3
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.3-0ubuntu21.4.3-11.4.3-2
None known
inkscape
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-31.4.2-3build11.4.3-0ubuntu11.4.3-0ubuntu2
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-15523 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Inkscape, published January 22, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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