# CVE-2025-61229: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A local attacker can modify task templates to execute arbitrary scripts with root privileges, bypassing macOS privacy controls in SuperDuper!.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qx8f-vrc4-xhj5

## What is CVE-2025-61229?

CVE-2025-61229 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue in Shirt Pocket's SuperDuper! 3.10 and earlier allow a local attacker to modify the default task template to execute an arbitrary preflight script with root privileges and Full Disk Access, thus bypassing macOS privacy controls.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61229?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Shirt-Pocket Superduper\!.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-61229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-61229 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/graypixel2121/CVE-2025-61229 (github_poc): https://github.com/graypixel2121/CVE-2025-61229

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-57489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57489/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-69604](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69604/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-61228](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61228/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-61229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-61229 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 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-2025-61229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-61229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.