CVE-2025-14979

high

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/AirVPN/Eddie

https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/blink182

https://eddie.website/

https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/79305-eddie-desktop-edition-225-beta-released/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-06

Updated: 2026-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.5

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