macos_sandbox

Introduction to macOS - the App sandbox Continuing with my transition to macOS blogpost series, I'd like to discuss a bit about the macOS App sandbox. It is highly recommended to read the macOS App structure blogpost first - I will be assuming the reader knows the difference between Apps, process...

SnatchBox

SnatchBox SnatchBox CVE-2020-27935 is a sandbox escape vulnerability affecting macOS up to version 10.15, as well as early beta versions of macOS 11.0. The most significant impact of SnatchBox is that it allows a malicious publisher to escape the non-optional macOS App Store sandbox and obtain...

CVE-2026-14898

The OpenAI Codex desktop app for macOS rendered remote images from Markdown in model responses. An attacker who could place an indirect prompt injection in content processed by Codex, such as a connected-tool result or another untrusted source, could induce the model to construct a remote image U...

PT-2026-55971

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenAI Codex for macOS affected versions not specified Description The desktop application renders remote images from Markdown within model responses. An attacker can use indirect prompt injection—a technique where malicious instructions are...

actual Allows Electron to Run As Node

Summary A electron run as node vulnerability was identified in actual macOS application, version 25.x Electron 39.2.7. Vulnerability Type: Electron Run As Node Description ELECTRONRUNASNODE fuse enabled Electron 39.2.7 — app can be converted to Node.js REPL for arbitrary code execution Impact An...

OpenAI Revokes macOS App Certificate After Malicious Axios Supply Chain Incident

OpenAI revealed a GitHub Actions workflow used to sign its macOS apps led to the download of the malicious Axios library on March 31, but noted that no user data or internal system was compromised. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are taking steps to protect the process that certifies our macO...

EUVD-2023-48734

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

📄 Computer Mouse: Remote Control 1.1.6 Remote Code Execution

Computer Mouse: Remote Control version 1.1.6 for macOS is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution via TCP port 9999. An attacker on the same network can inject simulated keyboard input, allowing arbitrary command execution without user interaction or authentication. Exploit Title:...

📄 Remote for Mac 2025.6 Remote Code Execution

Remote for Mac version 2025.6 suffers from an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. Exploit Title: Remote for Mac 2025.6 - Unauthenticated RCE Date: 2025-05-26 Exploit Author: Chokri Hammedi Vendor Homepage: https://cherpake.com/ Software Link: https://cherpake.com/latest.php?os=ma...

PT-2024-28930 · Openai · Openai Chatgpt

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: OpenAI ChatGPT app versions prior to 2024-07-05 for macOS Description: The issue concerns the OpenAI ChatGPT app for macOS, which opts out of the sandbox and stores conversations in cleartext in a location accessible to other apps. This could...

CVE-2023-25394

CVE-2023-25394 affects the Videostream macOS app (versions 0.4.3–0.5.0). The root cause is a race condition in the Updater privileged script that runs every 5 hours, during which a low-privileged attacker could influence the update process and replace update files. CERT/CC corroborates a root-pri...

CVE-2021-36668

URL injection in Driva inSync 6.9.0 for MacOS, allows attackers to force a visit to an arbitrary url via the port parameter to the Electron App...

TAU Threat Intelligence Notification: LamePyre (OSX)

Summary MalwareBytes researcher Adam Thomas recently discovered a malicious MacOS application masquerading as the chat app Discord that they have named “LamePyre." Although it is made to look like a typical application installer, it does not attempt to appear legitimate by running a decoy install...