Tabby has a TCC Bypass via Unnecessary Permissive Entitlements in Tabby
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.216, Tabby terminal emulator contains overly permissive entitlements that are unnecessary for its core functionality and plugin system, creating potential security vulnerabilities. The application currently holds powerful permissions including camera, microphone access, and the ability to access personal folders (Downloads, Documents, etc.) through Apple Events, while also maintaining dangerous entitlements that enable code injection. The concerning entitlements are com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables and com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation. Since Tabby's plugins and themes are NodeJS-based without native libraries or frameworks, and no environment variables are used in the codebase, it is recommended to review and remove at least one of the entitlements (com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation or com.apple.security.cs.allow-dyld-environment-variables) to prevent DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES injection while maintaining full application functionality. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.216.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tabby (Eugeny) Fixed in 1.0.216
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-55950
References
More Eugeny vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-65512 russh: Client-side channel-scoped Handler callbacks fire for channel IDs the client never opened CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-35550 Russh: SSH message fields were decoded through allocation-first parsers before field-specific bounds CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-34331 Russh: Post-decompression SSH packet size was not bounded, allowing remote oversized compressed packets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-34308 Resource allocation without limits in Eugeny russh CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-16084 Tabby has a TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-82122 Missing confirmation check in russh SSH agent for constrained keys CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
Sources
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