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TI-2025-09194 Aliases CVE-2025-10016GHSA-8hp9-4f9g-73rv

Local Privilege Escalation in Sparkle Autoupdate Daemon

Priority LOW 37CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

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 escalation to root privileges. It is worth noting that it is possible to spawn Autopudate manually via Installer XPC service. However this requires the victim to enter credentials upon system authorization dialog creation that can be modified by the attacker. This issue was fixed in version 2.7.2

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00198 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Sparkle (Sparkle Project): 2.7.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
sparkle-projectSparklebefore 2.7.22.7.2Patch availableCNA
  • Sparkle Vendorsparkle-project Affected before 2.7.2 Fixed in 2.7.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Sparkle (Sparkle Project) Fixed in 2.7.2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Sparkle — github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/discussions/2764

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-09193 TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in SparklePriority LOW 21
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10016
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8hp9-4f9g-73rv

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2026-34713 Sparkle: Binary delta apply intermediate-symlink traversal in malicious .delta CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2025-00423 Signing Checks Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
  • TI-2025-09193 TCC Bypass via Downloader XPC Service in Sparkle CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2026-34714 Missing authentication in sparkle-project Sparkle CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.2

Sources

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