PT-2026-45020

Summary AppInstaller post-stage-1 XPC listener accepts unvalidated connections, allowing spoofed appcast item data injection. Details Autoupdate/AppInstaller.m's shouldAcceptNewConnection: only enforces SUCodeSigningVerifier validateConnection: before stage 1 completes. After...

EUVD-2025-29540

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

EUVD-2025-29539

Malicious code in bioql PyPI...

CVE-2025-10015

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...

CVE-2025-10016

The Sparkle framework includes a helper tool Autoupdate. Due to lack of authentication of connecting clients a local unprivileged attacker can request installation of crafted malicious PKG file by racing to connect to the daemon when other app spawns it as root. This results in local privilege...

CVE-2025-10016

The Sparkle framework includes a helper tool Autoupdate. Due to lack of authentication of connecting clients a local unprivileged attacker can request installation of crafted malicious PKG file by racing to connect to the daemon when other app spawns it as root. This results in local privilege...

CVE-2025-10016

The Sparkle framework includes a helper tool Autoupdate. Due to lack of authentication of connecting clients a local unprivileged attacker can request installation of crafted malicious PKG file by racing to connect to the daemon when other app spawns it as root. This results in local privilege...

CVE-2025-10015

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...

CVE-2025-10015

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...

CVE-2025-10016

The CVE-2025-10016 issue affects the Sparkle framework’s Autoupdate/Downloader.xpc mechanism. Reports in connected sources describe a local, unprivileged attacker who can exploit a race condition by connecting to the daemon as root to request installation of a crafted PKG, leading to local privil...

CVE-2025-10015 TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle

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...

CVE-2025-10015 TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle

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...

CVE-2025-10015

The Sparkle framework’s Downloader.xpc XPC service can be registered globally by a local, unprivileged attacker, causing the service to inherit the app’s TCC permissions. The root cause is lack of validation of the connecting client, allowing copying of TCC-protected files to arbitrary locations;...

PT-2025-37918

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Sparkle versions prior to 2.7.2 Description: The Sparkle framework’s Autoupdate tool lacks authentication for connecting clients. This allows a local, unprivileged attacker to request the installation of a crafted malicious PKG file, leading ...