# CVE-2025-14714: TCC Bypass via Inherited Permissions in Bundled Interpreter

> Attackers can bypass macOS TCC restrictions by executing a bundled Python interpreter, gaining unauthorized access to protected resources.

- **Severity:** Low 0.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65c5-j3wr-v7fh

## What is CVE-2025-14714?

CVE-2025-14714 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Libreoffice Libreoffice, published on 15 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An Authentication Bypass vulnerability existed where the application bundled an interpreter (Python) that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions granted by the user to the main application bundle

By executing the bundled interpreter directly the attacker's scripts run with the application's TCC privileges

In fixed versions parent-constraints are used to allow only the main application to launch interpreter with those permissions

This issue affects LibreOffice on macOS: from 25.2 before < 25.2.4.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14714?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Libreoffice Libreoffice.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14714?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2018-14939](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14939/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14714 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14714 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Libreoffice Libreoffice, published on 15 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Libreoffice Libreoffice. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14714/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14714/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14714
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14714
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14714

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14714/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.