☠️ Xcodes CLI password input can be eavesdroppable by, possibly, virtual private networks.
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Description
I changed my Apple ID password 2 days ago.
Yesterday, I updated my system to macOS 27.0 Dev Beta 1, and XcodesApp fails to launch.
I then downloaded XcodeCLI trying to download Xcode 27.0 Dev Beta 1.
During the process, I was asked for Appke Credentials (both email and password).
I entered, then the doppelfactor throws me a verification code on my screen.
The CLI at this moment just failed instead of asking me to input the verification code.
The above is the only occasion I typed my Apple ID credentials at a non-Apple login form since that recent password change.
And then today I received an unauthorized login attempt from Amsterdam despite that I live outside of Europe.
I never tried European virtual private network nodes on mac.
P.S. I tried using Malwarebytes to scan my mac and found nothing suspecious.
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Research direction
Start with the Xcodes CLI credential prompt and its two-factor authentication flow on macOS, reproducing the reported failure only in a safe test environment. No files or tests are named; done requires confirming whether the CLI mishandles credentials or the verification step and documenting a tested resolution.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, swift
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100