CVE-2025-14979

AirVPN Eddie on MacOS contains an insecure XPC service that allows local, unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root.This issue affects Eddie: 2.24.6.

CVSS 4.0

8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-732

Published

2026-01-06

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• airvpn:eddie

References

• https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/79305-eddie-desktop-edition-225-beta-released/
• https://eddie.website/
• https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/blink182
• https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie

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