Improper AuthenticationWeakness · CWE-287

CVE-2025-10906

HIGH · 8.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-24
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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89/100
Remediation priority · High
No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A flaw has been found in Magnetism Studios Endurance up to 3.3.0 on macOS. This affects the function loadModuleNamed:WithReply of the file /Applications/Endurance.app/Contents/Library/LaunchServices/com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper of the component NSXPC Interface. Executing manipulation can lead to missing authentication. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been published and may be used.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The Endurance app's XPC helper service (com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper) lacks authentication verification in the loadModuleNamed:WithReply function, allowing local unprivileged users to potentially load arbitrary modules into the application without proper authorization.

MitigationApply vendor patch when available; until then, restrict local user access to the system and monitor for suspicious use of the XPC helper service.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Find installed Endurance application version
    Locate the Endurance app in /Applications or ~/Applications, right-click and select 'Get Info', or run: defaults read /Applications/Endurance.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString
    Affected if Version is 3.3.0 or lower (the fix is planned for versions beyond 3.3.0)
  2. Identify the helper tool installation
    Check for the presence of the helper tool using: ls -la /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/ | grep -i endurance or ls -la ~/Library/Application\ Support/Endurance/
    Affected if The helper tool com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper is installed on the system
  3. Verify helper tool file permissions
    Run: ls -l /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper to check owner and permissions
    Affected if Helper is owned by root and has setuid bit, or permissions allow unauthorized access
  4. Confirm helper is running as a privileged XPC service
    Check running processes for the helper: ps aux | grep -i 'endurance.helper' or examine LaunchDaemon configuration in /Library/LaunchDaemons/
    Affected if The helper daemon is loaded and running with elevated (root) privileges
  5. Test for unauthenticated XPC access (if safe to do so)
    Examine the helper's XPC interface code if accessible, or review system logs for XPC connection attempts from non-root users
    Affected if XPC service accepts connections without code signing or authentication validation

User is affected if Endurance version is 3.3.0 or lower AND the com.MagnetismStudios.endurance.helper tool is installed with elevated privileges, since the XPC interface accepts unauthenticated module loading requests.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor patch when available; until then, restrict local user access to the system and monitor for suspicious use of the XPC helper service.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA3.0 h
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