AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter up to 1.29 on macOS XPC Service com.apphousekitchen.aldente-pro.helper shouldAcceptNewConnection improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter up to 1.29 on macOS and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function shouldAcceptNewConnection of the file com.apphousekitchen.aldente-pro.helper of the component XPC Service. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1078. The attack can only be executed locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and acted very professional.

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A vulnerability has been found in AppHouseKitchen AlDente Charge Limiter up to 1.29 on macOS and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function shouldAcceptNewConnection of the file com.apphousekitchen.aldente-pro.helper of the component XPC Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared for download at winslow1984.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-1078. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

It is possible to download the exploit at winslow1984.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and acted very professional.

Upgrading to version 1.30 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• AppHouseKitchen

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• AlDente Charge Limiter

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29

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Accepted

• Submit #492529: AppHouseKitchen AlDente - Charge Limiter < 1.30 Privilege Escalation (by winslow1984)

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